1. blade - Noun
2. blade - Verb
Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.
The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword.
The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller.
The scapula or shoulder blade.
The principal rafters of a roof.
The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; -- a word of somewhat indefinite meaning.
To furnish with a blade.
To put forth or have a blade.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. James Russell Lowell
There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice. John Calvin
The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. Henry Miller
The fowl digs out the blade that kills it. Somali Proverb
When fate throws a dagger at you, there are only two ways to catch it: by the blade or by the handle. Chinese Proverb
When a blade has dulled, sharpen another. Corsican Proverb