1 the flat part of a knife, tool or machine, which has a sharp edge or edges for cutting
seealsoRAZORBLADE, SWITCHBLADE
2 one of the flat parts that turn around in an engine or on a HELICOPTER:
the blades of a propeller * rotor blades on a helicopter
3 the flat wide part of an OAR (= one of the long poles that are used to row a boat) that goes in the water
4 a single flat leaf of grass:
Not a blade of grass stirred.
seealsoSHOULDERBLADE
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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