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blades

/bleɪdz/

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The sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade/sword.

Examples :

"The chef sharpened the blades of his knives before starting to prepare dinner. "

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The flat functional end of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, skate, etc.

Examples :

"The hockey player sharpened the blades of his skates before the big game. "

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The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.

Examples :

"The gardener carefully trimmed the blades of grass to create a smooth, even lawn. "

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The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole). The lamina.

Examples :

"The blades of the tulip leaves were broad and smooth. "

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A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.

Examples :

"The doctor examined the patient's blades carefully after the fall, checking for any fractures. "

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A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).

Examples :

"The butcher recommended blades for stewing because they are flavorful and tender when cooked slowly. "

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The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.

Examples :

"The phonetics student learned to feel the difference in tongue position, especially how the blades of their tongues touched their alveolar ridges when pronouncing "t" and "d." "

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A sword or knife.

Examples :

"The chef kept his blades sharp for preparing the vegetables. "

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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.

Examples :

"Archaeologists carefully excavated the site, hoping to find ancient blades used for cutting meat or scraping animal hides. "

archaeology weapon material item

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(ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.

Examples :

"During the ultimate frisbee game, Sarah surprised everyone with several impressive blades, curving the disc sharply around the defender. "

sport attitude action direction

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The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.

Examples :

"The sailboat's blades helped the captain steer accurately through the waves. "

nautical sailing vehicle part

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A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.

Examples :

"The construction worker carefully adjusted the blades of the bulldozer to level the ground for the new parking lot. "

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A dashing young man.

Examples :

"Seeing those young blades in their tailored suits enter the restaurant, all heads turned. "

person style human

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A homosexual, usually male.

person human sex

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Thin plate, foil.

Examples :

"The ceiling fan has three blades that spin to cool the room. "

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

Examples :

"The photographer adjusted the camera, carefully setting the aperture by controlling the movement of the blades. "

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(in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.

Examples :

"The carpenter carefully inspected the blades supporting the roof of the old barn. "

architecture building structure part

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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.

Examples :

"The artisan carefully worked on the intricate carvings on the sea turtle's blades. "

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Airfoil in windmills and windturbines.

Examples :

"The wind turned the large blades of the wind turbine, generating electricity for the town. "

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A blade server.

Examples :

"The company replaced its old tower servers with energy-efficient blades to save space in the data center. "

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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.)

Examples :

"While visualizing higher-dimensional geometric algebra is difficult, imagine a simple plane; in that context, a 2-blade represents the oriented area of a parallelogram. "

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The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.

Examples :

"The security guard checked that the blades of all the master keys were clean before placing them on the hook. "

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To skate on rollerblades.

Examples :

"Want to go blading with me later in the park?"

sport entertainment action

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To furnish with a blade.

Examples :

"The carpenter bladed the new saw with a sharp, strong blade. "

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To put forth or have a blade.

Examples :

"The wheat is starting to blade in the field after the spring rain. "

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To stab with a blade

Examples :

"The gang member got bladed in a fight."

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To cut (a person) so as to provoke bleeding.

Examples :

"The bully threatened to blade the kid who reported him to the principal. "

body action weapon inhuman

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A kind of piton used in thin cracks.

Examples :

"The climber carefully hammered the blades into the narrow crack in the rock face, hoping they would hold his weight. "

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