blade

«blade» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the flat, sharp cutting part of a knife, scissors, a saw… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a blade, blades)

meaning for a pupil

1) A blade is the flat, sharp cutting part of a knife, scissors, a saw or a sword. tree →

2) A blade of grass is one long thin leaf of grass. tree →

3) A blade is a flat part that spins or pushes, like on a fan, a propeller or an oar. tree →

4) The blade of an ice skate is the thin metal strip you glide on. tree →

sense 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

• Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. (Writings JOB.31.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• 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 →
• Always keep your fingers away from the blade. tree →
• The knife has a sharp steel blade. tree →
• A single blade of grass was wet with dew. tree →
• The fan's blades spun faster and faster. tree →
• Her skate blades scraped across the ice. tree →
• The wind turbine has three huge blades. tree →
• The knight drew his blade from its sheath. tree →

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 the corpora

• Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
• Fabric scissors are kept only for cloth, because cutting paper or card makes the blades blunt.
• A microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and is placed under the skin between the shoulder blades.
• After a fine supper the Woman looks at a mutton blade-bone and makes the First Singing Magic.
• Gently he asks why he told such a fib, since his stamping would not bend a blade of grass.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «blade» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.