ETYM Old Eng. blade, blad, AS. blaed leaf; akin to OS., Dutch, Dan., and Swed. blad, Icel. blath, Old High Germ. blat, German blatt, and perh. to Latin folium, Greek phyllon. Related to Blow to blossom, and cf. Foil leaf of metal.
1. A broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue).
2. The part of the skate that slides on the ice.
3. The flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge.
4. Something long and thin resembling a blade of grass.
5. Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water; SYN. vane.
6. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole; SYN. leaf blade.
7. A dashing young man.
8. A cut of beef from the shoulder blade. + prikaži više

Thin plate or layer; flake.
In flowering plants (angiosperms), the blade of the leaf on either side of the midrib. The lamina is generally thin and flattened, and is usually the primary organ of photosynthesis. It has a network of veins through which water and nutrients are conducted. More generally, a lamina is any thin, flat plant structure, such as the thallus of many seaweeds. + prikaži više

ETYM From Wave; not the same word as Old Eng. wawe, waghe, a wave, which is akin to Eng. wag to move.
(Homonym: waive).
1. (Physics) A progressive, undulating disturbance created without displacement of the medium itself; SYN. undulation.
2. One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water); SYN. moving ridge.
3. A movement like that of an ocean wave.
4. An undulating curve.
5. Something that rises rapidly and dies away.
6. The act of signaling by a movement of the hand; SYN. waving, wafture.
7. A hairdo that creates undulations in the hair. + prikaži više