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Noun blade has 9 senses

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
blade - a dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures"
--₂ is a kind of young person, youth, younker, spring chicken
blade - something long and thin resembling a blade of grass; "a blade of lint on his suit"
--₃ is a kind of ribbon, thread
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
blade - a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
--₅ is a kind of cut of beef
--₅ is a part of chuck
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
blade - the part of the skate that slides on the ice
--₇ is a kind of runner
--₇ is a part of ice skate
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
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