| blade | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. blade, leaf blade | especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole. |
| ~ foliage, leaf, leafage | the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants. |
| n. (person) | 2. blade | a dashing young man.; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures" |
| ~ spring chicken, young person, younker, youth | a young person (especially a young man or boy). |
| n. (object) | 3. blade | something long and thin resembling a blade of grass.; "a blade of lint on his suit" |
| ~ ribbon, thread | any long object resembling a thin line.; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. blade, brand, steel, sword | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard. |
| ~ backsword | a sword with only one cutting edge. |
| ~ blade | the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge. |
| ~ broadsword | a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab. |
| ~ cavalry sword, saber, sabre | a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back. |
| ~ cutlas, cutlass | a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors. |
| ~ excalibur | the legendary sword of King Arthur. |
| ~ falchion | a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point. |
| ~ fencing sword | a sword used in the sport of fencing. |
| ~ foible | the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip. |
| ~ forte | the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible. |
| ~ haft, helve | the handle of a weapon or tool. |
| ~ hilt | the handle of a sword or dagger. |
| ~ rapier, tuck | a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges. |
| ~ weapon, weapon system, arm | any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" |
| ~ tip, peak, point | a V shape.; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" |
| n. (food) | 5. blade | a cut of beef from the shoulder blade. |
| ~ cut of beef | cut of meat from beef cattle. |
| ~ chuck | the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade. |
| n. (body) | 6. blade | a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue). |
| ~ web, vane | the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft. |
| ~ anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing.; "he has good bone structure" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. blade | the part of the skate that slides on the ice. |
| ~ ice skate | skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole. |
| ~ runner | device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. blade, vane | flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water. |
| ~ fan blade | blade of a rotating fan. |
| ~ eggbeater, helicopter, whirlybird, chopper | an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades. |
| ~ impeller | the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine). |
| ~ oar | an implement used to propel or steer a boat. |
| ~ paddle | a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel. |
| ~ propeller, propellor | a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water. |
| ~ rotating mechanism | a mechanism that rotates. |
| ~ rudder blade | the vertical blade on a rudder. |
| ~ turbine | rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate. |
| ~ aerogenerator, wind generator, windmill | generator that extracts usable energy from winds. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. blade | the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge. |
| ~ ax, axe | an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle. |
| ~ cutting implement | a tool used for cutting or slicing. |
| ~ knife | edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle. |
| ~ knife blade | the blade of a knife. |
| ~ knife edge, cutting edge | the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife. |
| ~ lawn mower, mower | garden tool for mowing grass on lawns. |
| ~ razorblade | a blade that has very sharp edge. |
| ~ pair of scissors, scissors | an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades. |
| ~ spatula | a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances. |
| ~ spatula | a turner with a narrow flexible blade. |
| ~ sword, steel, blade, brand | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard. |
| spade | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. spade | a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it.; "she led a low spade"; "spades were trumps" |
| ~ major suit | (bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts. |
| ~ playing card | one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. spade | a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot. |
| ~ ditch spade, long-handled spade | a spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches. |
| ~ garden spade | a spade used by gardeners. |
| ~ hand shovel | a shovel that is operated by hand. |
| n. (person) | 3. coon, jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, spade | (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person.; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" |
| ~ derogation, disparagement, depreciation | a communication that belittles somebody or something. |
| ~ ethnic slur | a slur on someone's race or language. |
| ~ black person, blackamoor, negro, negroid, black | a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa). |
| v. (contact) | 4. spade | dig (up) with a spade.; "I spade compost into the flower beds" |
| ~ cut into, delve, dig, turn over | turn up, loosen, or remove earth.; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" |
| ~ ridge | spade into alternate ridges and troughs.; "ridge the soil" |
| sweet talk | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. blarney, coaxing, soft soap, sweet talk | flattery designed to gain favor. |
| ~ flattery | excessive or insincere praise. |
| efface | | |
| v. (change) | 1. efface, obliterate | remove completely from recognition or memory.; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" |
| ~ slur, dim, blur | become vague or indistinct.; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" |
| ~ blot out, obliterate, veil, hide, obscure | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. efface | make inconspicuous.; "efface oneself" |
| ~ humble | cause to be unpretentious.; "This experience will humble him" |
| v. (contact) | 3. efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe off | remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing.; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| ~ sponge | erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard. |
| ~ delete, cancel | remove or make invisible.; "Please delete my name from your list" |
| ~ scratch out, cut out | strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out.; "scratch out my name on that list" |
| obliterate | | |
| v. (change) | 1. kill, obliterate, wipe out | mark for deletion, rub off, or erase.; "kill these lines in the President's speech" |
| ~ take away, take out | take out or remove.; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" |
| v. (change) | 2. blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ efface, obliterate | remove completely from recognition or memory.; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" |
| ~ mystify | make mysterious.; "mystify the story" |
| v. (change) | 3. obliterate | do away with completely, without leaving a trace. |
| ~ do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish | terminate, end, or take out.; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" |
| adj. | 4. blotted out, obliterate, obliterated | reduced to nothingness. |
| ~ destroyed | spoiled or ruined or demolished.; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind" |
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