Definition of blade

"blade" in the noun sense

1. blade, leaf blade

especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole

2. blade

a dashing young man

"gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures"

3. blade

something long and thin resembling a blade of grass

"a blade of lint on his suit"

4. sword, blade, brand, steel

a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

5. blade

a cut of beef from the shoulder blade

6. blade

a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)

7. blade

the part of the skate that slides on the ice

8. blade, vane

flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water

9. blade

the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge

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Quotations for blade

It is a good blade that bends well. [ Proverb ]

Temper - a weapon that we hold by the blade. [ J. M. Barrie ]

Corn is not to be gathered in the blade but the ear. [ Proverb ]

Wheat is not to be gathered in the blade but in the ear. [ Proverb ]

A blade of grass is always a blade of grass, whether in one country or another. [ Samuel Johnson ]

He who brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand a blade without a hilt. [ Landor ]

Whose wit in the combat, gentle as bright, never carried a heart-stain away on its blade. [ Moore ]

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. [ Lowell ]

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true. [ Henry Ward Beecher ]

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction. Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices. [ Beecher ]

blade in Scrabble®

The word blade is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters blade:

BLADE
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BALED
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word blade

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blade in Words With Friends™

The word blade is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters blade:

BLADE
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BALED
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Word Growth involving blade

Shorter words in blade

ad lad lade

la lad lade

Longer words containing blade

bladed multibladed

bladed rollerbladed

bladed singlebladed

bladed skibladed

bladed slenderbladed

bladed snowbladed

bladeless

bladelet bladelets

bladelike

blades bladesmiths

blades razorblades

blades rollerblades

blades sawblades

blades shoulderblades

blades skiblades

blades snowblades

blades switchblades

multiblade multibladed

razorblade razorblades

rollerblade rollerbladed

rollerblade rollerblader rollerbladers

rollerblade rollerblades

sawblade sawblades

shoulderblade shoulderblades

skiblade skibladed

skiblade skiblader skibladers

skiblade skiblades

snowblade snowbladed

snowblade snowblader snowbladers

snowblade snowblades

switchblade switchblades