the cutting part of a knife, razor, etc with a sharpened edge or edges
a long narrow leaf, esp of a grass, cereal, etc
the flat expanded part of such a leaf, as distinguished from the stalk
the runner of an ice skate
the broad flattened part of an oar, paddle, bat, etc
an arm of a screw propeller, electric fan, steam turbine, etc
the broad flat or concave part of a machine, e.g. a bulldozer, that comes into contact with material to be moved
the flat part of the tongue immediately behind the tip
used chiefly in naming cuts of meat: a broad flat body part, esp the shoulder blade
literary
a sword or swordsman
archaic or humorous a dashing lively man
a swordsman
archaic or humorous a dashing lively man
bladed adj
[Old English blæd; related to Old English blōwan blow4]