Synonyms for blade

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bleyd

Phonetic Transcription : bleɪd

Définition of blade

Origin : Old English blæd "a leaf," but also "a leaf-like part" (of spade, oar, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *bladaz (cf. Old Frisian bled "leaf," German blatt, Old Saxon, Danish, Dutch blad, Old Norse blað), from PIE *bhle-to-, suffixed form (past participle) of *bhel- (3) "to thrive, bloom," possibly identical with *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole). Extended in Middle English to shoulders (c.1300) and swords (early 14c.). The modern use in reference to grass may be a Middle English revival, by influence of Old French bled "corn, wheat" (11c., perhaps from Germanic). The cognate in German, Blatt, is the general word for "leaf;" Laub is used collectively as "foliage." Old Norse blað was used of herbs and plants, lauf in reference to trees. This might have been the original distinction in Old English, too. Of men from 1590s; in later use often a reference to 18c. gallants, but the original exact sense, and thus signification, is uncertain.

noun cutting tool

Example sentences :

So keen the blade, so soft the touch, the sleeper did not wake!
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various

"You want to keep me here because you are afraid of me," cried the indignant Blade man.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Then he melted the dust and poured the hot liquid into a mould the shape of a blade.
Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin

Lay it on a flat plate, and bruise it with the blade of a knife.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Therein is the blade of the knife, the knife which falls and severs.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Then he turned to the nearest tree, and made a notch on the bark with the blade.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

He dug it out with the blade of his pocket knife and unfolded it.
Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

The former had my sword in his hand, and they were both examining the blade curiously.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Then she loosed a pen-knife with a blade as thin as paper from her silken girdle.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

The sides of the wound gaped, and the blade was visible to my prying eyes.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

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