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# blade

noun (a blade, blades)

«blade» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A blade is the flat, sharp cutting part of a knife, scissors, a saw or a sword. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blade/#m1)
2. A blade of grass is one long thin leaf of grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blade/#m2)
3. A blade is a flat part that spins or pushes, like on a fan, a propeller or an oar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blade/#m3)
4. The blade of an ice skate is the thin metal strip you glide on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blade/#m4)

### In the lessons

In safety lessons blades are things to handle with care: carry knives point down, pass scissors handle first, keep fingers away from fan and mower blades. In science, wind turbine blades turn in the wind to make electricity. In stories a blade can mean a sword. Phrases: a sharp blade, razor blade, blade of grass, shoulder blade.

### Examples

- Always keep your fingers away from the blade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blade/#x1)
- The knife has a sharp steel blade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blade/#x2)
- A single blade of grass was wet with dew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blade/#x3)
- The fan's blades spun faster and faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blade/#x4)
- Her skate blades scraped across the ice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blade/#x5)
- The wind turbine has three huge blades. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blade/#x6)
- The knight drew his blade from its sheath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blade/#x7)

### Note

Countable: one blade, two blades. "Shoulder blade" is a flat bone in your back, not something sharp. A dull blade can be more dangerous than a sharp one because you push harder and it slips. Never touch a blade on a machine that is plugged in or running.

## In Jewish tradition

In safety lessons blades are things to handle with care: carry knives point down, pass scissors handle first, keep fingers away from fan and mower blades. In science, wind turbine blades turn in the wind to make electricity. In stories a blade can mean a sword. Phrases: a sharp blade, razor blade, blade of grass, shoulder blade.

### Examples

- Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. (Writings JOB.31.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blade/#x1)
- And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his belly; and it came out behind. (Prophets JDG.3.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blade/#x2)

### Note

Countable: one blade, two blades. "Shoulder blade" is a flat bone in your back, not something sharp. A dull blade can be more dangerous than a sharp one because you push harder and it slips. Never touch a blade on a machine that is plugged in or running.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blade» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blade/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blade» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blade.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «blade» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blade/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blade» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/blade.html) on Mova free.