Noun blade has 9 senses
  1. blade, leaf blade - especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
    --1 is a kind of leaf, leafage, foliage
  2. blade - a dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures"
    --2 is a kind of
    young person, youth, younker, spring chicken
  3. blade - something long and thin resembling a blade of grass; "a blade of lint on his suit"
    --3 is a kind of
    ribbon, thread
  4. sword, blade, brand, steel - a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade
    --4 is a kind of weapon, arm, weapon system
    --4 has parts:
     blade; foible; forte; haft, helve; hilt; point, tip, peak
    --4 has particulars:
     backsword; broadsword; cavalry sword, saber, sabre; cutlas, cutlass; Excalibur; falchion; fencing sword; rapier, tuck
  5. blade - a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
    --5 is a kind of
    cut of beef
    --5 is a part of chuck
  6. blade - a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
    --6 is a kind of
    structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
    --6 has particulars: vane, web
  7. blade - the part of the skate that slides on the ice
    --7 is a kind of
    runner
    --7 is a part of ice skate
  8. blade, vane - flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
    --8 is a kind of rotating mechanism
    --8 is a part of
     propeller, propellor; helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater; windmill, aerogenerator, wind generator; turbine; oar
    --8 has particulars: fan blade; impeller; paddle; rudder blade
  9. blade - the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
    --9 is a kind of
    cutting implement
    --9 is a part of
     ax, axe; knife; sword, blade, brand, steel; spatula; spatula; scissors, pair of scissors; lawn mower, mower
    --9 has parts: knife edge, cutting edge
    --9 has particulars: knife blade; razorblade
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