blade

Pronunciation

• enPR: blād, IPA ^(key): /bleɪd/

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Noun

Singular blade

Plural blades

1. (countable) A blade is something with a long, sharp edge. Things like knives, swords and razors have blades.

• 
  Blades of grass
• 
  A knife with a curved blade
• 
  Sword blades

Verb

Plain form blade

Third-person singular blades

Past tense bladed

Past participle bladed

Present participle blading

1. (intransitive) If a person blades, they skate on rollerblades.
2. (transitive) If you blade someone, you stab them with a blade.