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English

Band saw blades

Knife blades

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.

Proto-Germanic *bladą

Proto-West Germanic *blad

Old English blæd

Middle English bladder.

Middle English blade

English blade

From Middle English blade, blad, from Old English blæd (“leaf”), from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-o-to-m, from *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”).

Cognate with West Frisian bled, German Blatt, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blad, Faroese and Icelandic blað, Irish bláth (“flower”), Welsh blodyn (“flower”), Tocharian A pält, Tocharian B pilta (“leaf”), Albanian fletë (“leaf”). Similar usage in German Sägeblatt (“saw blade”, literally “saw leaf”). Doublet of blat. More at blow.

Pronunciation

enPR: blād, IPA^(key): /bleɪd/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

blade (plural blades)

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
- 1904, Great Britain. War Office, Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army (including the Militia): 1904, page 100:
  Sword. — The blade is straight, tapers gradually, is 32 9/16 inches long from shoulder to point, and is fullered on both sides, commencing 2 inches from the shoulder, to about 17 inches from the point, to a thickness of ·035 inch.
1. (metonymic) A sword or knife.
  - 1984, 2:08:29 from the start, in Dune‎^[1] (Science Fiction), →OCLC:
    Paul: Give the Harkonnen a blade and let him stand forth.
    Shaddam IV: If Feyd wishes, he can meet you with my blade in his hand.
2. Ellipsis of razor blade.
The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:
  Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
(botany) The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
Synonym: lamina
A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
(chiefly phonetics, phonology) The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
(archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
(ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
(sailing) The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
(dated) A dashing young man.
- 1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 85:
  He saw a Turnkey in a trice / Unfetter a troublesome blade;
- 1832, The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth, page 189:
  But very often blust'ring blades / Are Jerry Sneaks at home.
- 1948, Jack Lait, Lee Mortimer, New York: Confidential!, Crown, published 1951, page 94:
  Vice does not thrive here, because the young blades seek it elsewhere.
- 2009, Amanda Vickery, Behind Closed Doors, Yale University Press, page 77:
  Young blades were expected to kick over the traces and skirt disaster, before they graduated to matrimonial housekeeping.
(slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
(slang, chiefly US) An area of a city which is commonly known for prostitution.
Thin plate, foil.
(photography) One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
(architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.^[1]
(biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.^[2]
(computing) Ellipsis of blade server.
(climbing) Synonym of knifeblade.
(mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
Holonym: multivector
The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
Coordinate term: bow
(athletics, informal) An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down question mark.
Coordinate terms: bladerunner, blade jumper, leaf spring
(athletics) A cleat on a shoe, particularly one that is longer and thinner than a stud.
- 2013 December 19, Aron Murphy, Thomas Reilly, Warwick Spinks, Science and Football IV, Routledge, →ISBN, page 5:
  They were 'Adidas Flanker' rugby shoes with six front and two heel studs; 'Puma King Pro' with four front and two heel studs; two 'Blades' boots, namely 'Mudrunner', with six front blades and four-crossed heel blades […]
(athletics) A football boot equipped with blade-type cleats.
- 1994, New Scientist:
  Bruce Barry, principal lecturer in biomechanics at the institute, says: "I was very sceptical at first, but when I tested them, there was no doubt about it - you could see the players were faster in blades."
(uncountable, music) The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor.
He wasn’t loud, but his voice had lots of blade.

Derived terms

Translations

typically sharp-edged working end of a knife or other cutting tool

Albanian: teh (sq) m
Altai:
Southern Altai: мис (mis)
Arabic: شَفْرَة f (šafra), نَصْل (ar) m (naṣl)
Egyptian Arabic: نصلة f (naṣla)
Armenian: սայր (hy) (sayr), բերան (hy) (beran), շեղբ (hy) (šeġb)
Azerbaijani: tiyə (az)
Belarusian: лязо́ n (ljazó)
Breton: lavnenn (br) f
Bulgarian: острие́ (bg) n (ostrié)
Burmese: ဓားပြား (my) (dha:pra:)
Catalan: fulla (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刃 (zh) (rèn), 刀身 (zh) (dāoshēn), 刀片 (zh) (dāopiàn)
Czech: čepel (cs) f
Danish: blad (da) n, klinge (da) c
Dolgan: бии
Dutch: blad (nl) n, lemmet (nl) n, kling (nl) m or f
Esperanto: klingo (eo), akraĵo
Estonian: tera (et)
Farefare: bilete
Faroese: blað n
Finnish: terä (fi)
French: lame (fr) f
Friulian: lame f
Galician: folla (gl) f, coitela f
Georgian: პირი (ka) (ṗiri)
German: Klinge (de) f
Greek: λεπίδα (el) f (lepída)
Ancient Greek: σπάθη f (spáthē)
Hebrew: לַהַב (he) m (láhav)
Hindi: ब्लेड (hi) m (bleḍ)
Hungarian: penge (hu)
Icelandic: blað (is) n, egg (is) f
Indonesian: bilah (id)
Ingrian: terä
Interlingua: lamina
Irish: lann (ga) f
Italian: lama (it) f
Japanese: 刃 (ja) (は, ha), ブレード (ja) (burēdo)
Khmer: ផ្លែ (km) (phlae)
Korean: 날 (ko) (nal)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەم (ckb) (dem)
Kyrgyz: миз (ky) (miz)
Lao: ໃບ (bai), ມີດ (lo) (mīt)
Latgalian: esmiņs
Latin: lamina f
Latvian: asmens (lv) m, (knife) ģelzis m
Lithuanian: ašmenys m pl, geležtė f
Macedonian: сечило n (sečilo)
Malay: bilah (ms)
Maranao: silab, garangan
Marathi: धार f (dhār)
Middle English: blad
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ир (mn) (ir)
Nanai: дее (ʒeje)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blad (no) n, (of sword etc.) klinge m

Nynorsk: blad n, (of sword etc.) klinge f
Pannonian Rusyn: оштре n (oštre)
Persian: تیغ (fa) (tiġ)
Polish: ostrze (pl) n
Portuguese: lâmina (pt) f, fio (pt), gume (pt)
Romanian: lamă (ro) f
Romansh: nizza f, loma f, lama f, nezza f, neza f, luozza f
Russian: ле́звие (ru) n (lézvije)
Sanskrit: धारा (sa) f (dhārā)
Sardinian: frama f, fógiu m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: резало n, се̏чӣво n, о̀штрица f

Latin: rezalo n, sȅčīvo (sh) n, òštrica (sh) f
Slovak: čepeľ f
Slovene: rezilo (sl) n
Spanish: cuchilla (es) f, hoja (es) f
Sudovian: asmōj
Swedish: blad (sv) n
Tagalog: (literally) talim (tl)
Tamil: பிளேடு (piḷēṭu)
Tausug: sulab
Thai: ใบ (th) (bai), มีด (th) (mîit)
Tocharian B: pilta, yepe
Turkish: ağız (tr)
Ukrainian: ле́зо n (lézo), ле́зво n (lézvo)
Uzbek: tigʻ (uz)
Venetan: lama f
Vietnamese: lưỡi (vi)
Welsh: llafn (cy) m, cledd m
Yakut: бии (bii)

a weapon such as a dagger

Albanian: thika f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刀 (zh) (dāo)
French: lame (fr) f
Icelandic: blað (is) n, egg (is) f, sverð (is) n
Middle English: blad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blad (no) n
Polish: ostrze (pl) n
Portuguese: lâmina (pt) f
Russian: клино́к (ru) m (klinók) (blade of a dagger), перо́ (ru) n (peró) (knife or similar, slang), кинжа́л (ru) m (kinžál) (dagger), нож (ru) m (nož) (knife)
Spanish: cuchillo (es) m (said of a dagger), espada (es) f
Swedish: blad (sv) n
Welsh: cledd m

flat, functional end of a tool or utensil, such as a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, or skate

Bulgarian: перо́ (bg) n (peró) (of an oar), лопа́тка f (lopátka) (of a propeller)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 槳葉 / 桨叶 (jiǎngyè) (of an oar)
Dutch: blad (nl) n (of a propeller)
Finnish: lapa (fi) (of an oar, propeller)
Galician: pena (gl) f (of a propeller)
Greek: παλάμη (el) f (palámi) (of an oar), πτερύγιο (el) n (pterýgio) (of a propeller)
Indonesian: bilah (id), sudu (id)
Ingrian: terä
Irish: lann (ga) f
Italian: pala (it) f (of a propeller)
Latvian: lāpstiņa f (of a propeller)
Navajo: bigaan (of a propeller)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blad (no) n (of a propeller)
Persian: تیغه (fa) (tiġe) (of an oar)
Polish: pióro (pl) n (of an oar), łopata (pl) f (of a propeller), łopatka (pl) f (of a hockey stick), końcówka (pl) f (of a screwdriver), płoza f (of a skate)
Portuguese: pá (pt) f (of an oar, propeller), aleta f (of a propeller)
Russian: ло́пасть (ru) f (lópastʹ) (of an oar, propeller)
Spanish: pala (es) f (of an oar, hockey stick, screwdriver), aleta (es) f (of a propeller), hoja (es) f (of a screwdriver), paleta (es) f, álabe (es) m
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: قناد (kanad)

airfoil in windmills and windturbines

Albanian: fletë (sq)
Arabic: نَصْل (ar) m (naṣl)
Catalan: àlep m
Czech: lopatka (cs) f
German: Turbinenschaufel (de) f
Mirandese: bela f
Polish: skrzydło (pl) n (windmill), łopata (pl) f (windturbine), łopatka (pl) f (turbine)
Portuguese: pá (pt) f
Russian: крыло́ (ru) n (kryló) (windmill), ло́пасть (ru) f (lópastʹ) (turbine)
Spanish: pala (es) f, aspa (es) f
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: قناد (kanad)

narrow leaf of a grass or cereal

French: brin (fr) m
German: Grashalm (de) m
Irish: brobh m, sifín m, seamaide m
Polish: źdźbło (pl) n
Portuguese: folha (pt) f
Spanish: brizna (es) f, brinza (es) f
Welsh: blew (cy) m pl

the flat part of a leaf or petal

Armenian: ցողուն (hy) (cʻoġun)
Burmese: အရွက် (my) (a.rwak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 葉片 / 叶片 (zh) (yèpiàn)
Dutch: blad (nl) n
Finnish: lehtilapa (fi)
Georgian: ღერო (ka) (ɣero)
German: Klinge (de) f
Greek: φύλλο (el) n (fýllo)
Hebrew: טָרָף (he) m (taráf)
Hindi: पत्ती (hi) f (pattī)
Icelandic: blað (is) n
Irish: seamaide m
Italian: filo (it) m
Korean: 잎 (ko) (ip), 잎사귀 (ipsagwi)
Māori: whā (mi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blad (no) n
Persian: تیغ (fa) (tiġ)
Polish: źdźbło (pl) n
Portuguese: limbo (pt) m
Russian: лист (ru) m (list), трави́нка (ru) f (travínka) (grass)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вла̑т m

Latin: vlȃt (sh) m
Spanish: hoja (es) f, lámina (es) f, limbo (es) m
Swedish: blad (sv) n
Tagalog: panid (tl)
Ukrainian: трави́нка f (travýnka)
Zulu: ikhasi (zu) class 5/6

cut of beef

Indonesian: punuk (id)
Polish: karkówka (pl) f

dashing young man

Irish: scafaire m

thin plate, foil

Dutch: folie (nl) m, plaat (nl) f
German: Blatt (de) n
Icelandic: egg (is) f
Interlingua: lamina
Italian: lamina (it) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blad (no) n
Portuguese: lâmina (pt) f
Spanish: lámina (es) f

one of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera

Hungarian: lamella (hu)
Spanish: lámina (es) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Breton: ^{(please verify)} lavn m
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ブレード (ja)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 잎 (ko) (ip)

References

^ 1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering
^ 1880, Leo de Colange, The American Dictionary of Commerce […]

Creswell Crags

Verb

blade (third-person singular simple present blades, present participle blading, simple past and past participle bladed)

(informal) To skate on rollerblades.
Want to go blading with me later in the park?
(transitive) To furnish with a blade.
(intransitive, poetic) To put forth or have a blade.
- 1633, Phineas Fletcher, “Elisa”, in Piscatorie Eclogues and other Poetical Miscellanies:
  As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded / As ever in the Muses' garden bladed.
(transitive) To stab with a blade
The gang member got bladed in a fight.
(transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To cut a person (usually oneself) so as to provoke bleeding.
- 2008 February 10, Andrea Adelson, “Reality is often blurred”, in Orlando Sentinel‎^[2], page C7:
  Nowadays, blading happens on occasion in a televised match and more often on pay-per-view but the practice isn't used as much for several reasons, among them an increased awareness of the transmission of AIDS has made blading more dangerous.