blade
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
Types & categories
- foliage hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a dashing young man
gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures
Types & categories
- spring chicken hypernym
Sense 3 noun
something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
a blade of lint on his suit
Types & categories
- ribbon hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
Types & categories
- weapon hypernym
- backsword hyponym
- broadsword hyponym
- cavalry sword hyponym
- cutlas hyponym
- falchion hyponym
- fencing sword hyponym
- rapier hyponym
- Excalibur instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 5 noun
a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
Types & categories
- cut of beef hypernym
Parts & wholes
- chuck part holonym
Sense 6 noun
a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
Types & categories
- anatomical structure hypernym
- web hyponym
Sense 7 noun
the part of the skate that slides on the ice
Types & categories
- runner hypernym
Parts & wholes
- ice skate part holonym
Sense 8 noun
flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
Types & categories
- rotating mechanism hypernym
- fan blade hyponym
- impeller hyponym
- paddle hyponym
- rudder blade hyponym
Parts & wholes
- eggbeater part holonym
- oar part holonym
- propeller part holonym
- turbine part holonym
- aerogenerator part holonym
Sense 9 noun
the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
Types & categories
- cutting implement hypernym
- knife blade hyponym
- razorblade hyponym
Parts & wholes
- ax part holonym
- knife part holonym
- lawn mower part holonym
- scissors part holonym
- spatula part holonym
- spatula part holonym
- sword part holonym
- knife edge part meronym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | foliage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spring chicken |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ribbon |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | blade |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | foible |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | forte |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | haft |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | hilt |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | tip |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | weapon |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | backsword |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | broadsword |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cavalry sword |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cutlas |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | falchion |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fencing sword |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rapier |
| 4 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Excalibur |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | chuck |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut of beef |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | anatomical structure |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | web |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ice skate |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | runner |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | eggbeater |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | oar |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | propeller |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | turbine |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | aerogenerator |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | rotating mechanism |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | fan blade |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | impeller |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | paddle |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | rudder blade |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ax |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | knife |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lawn mower |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | scissors |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | spatula |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | spatula |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sword |
| 9 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | knife edge |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | cutting implement |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | knife blade |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | razorblade |