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say it: blayd
blade is a noun meaning "especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole". It is pronounced /ˈbleɪd/ — blayd. It carries 9 recorded senses.
especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
“a blade of lint on his suit”
a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for blade come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.