blade

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verb

bladed; blading

1

transitive golf : to hit (a ball or shot) with the leading edge of the clubface : skull

I hit a wedge from 45 yards and basically bladed it over the green.

—Tiger Woods

2

intransitive : to skate on in-line skates

Connect a pair of these wild things to your feet and you are blading—cruising with all the cool of ice skating but without the ice.

—Bob Batz, Jr.

blader

ˈblā-dər 

noun

blader

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noun

blad·​er ˈblā-dər 

plural -s

1

: a bladed implement or vehicle

2

: a worker who fits blades on turbines

3

: a person who skates on in-line skates

Examples of blade in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Tips to Prevent Damage To New Boxwood Growth Sharpen tool blades well before beginning. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 May 2026

Then, in the early 1960s, bulldozers arrived at Fort Morgan to blade a route for Interstate 76. —Allen Best, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026

Barry informed me that the winner of the competition wore Rollerblades—a nice nod to the actual Kennedy, who was frequently papped blading around Tribeca. —Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 9 Mar. 2026

Tilt blade 20 degrees, with sharp edge in contact with the stone. —Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026

Word History

Etymology

and Noun

First Known Use

Verb

1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing blade

• blade server
• razor blade
• shoulder blade

Rhymes for blade

• aid
• aide
• bade
• braid
• clade
• dade
• fade
• flayed
• fraid
• frayed
• gade
• glade

Kids Definition

blade

noun

ˈblād

1

a

: a leaf of a plant and especially of a grass

b

: the broad flat part of a leaf as distinguished from its stalk

2

a

: the broad flat part of an oar or paddle

b

: an arm of a propeller, electric fan, or steam turbine

3

a

: the cutting part of a tool

b

: sword sense 1

c

: the runner of an ice skate

4

: a bold lively man

bladed

ˈblād-əd

adjective

Medical Definition

blade

noun

ˈblād 

1

: a broad flat body part (as the shoulder blade)

2

: the flat portion of the tongue immediately behind the tip

also : this portion together with the tip

3

: a flat working and especially cutting part of an implement (as a scalpel)