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- A blade is a sharp cutting part, for instance of a weapon. Related uses:
- A bladed weapon, especially a sword, may be referred to as a blade in itself.
- A circular saw blade.
- A razor blade.
- A bulldozer blade consists of the large shovel (thick metal plate) at the front of a bulldozer.
- Propeller blades, the parts of a propeller that convert engine torque to thrust.
- The user of a blade—see swordsman, swashbuckler, ...
- In lithic analysis, a blade describes a flake that is at least twice as long as wide, has a more or less regular shape and a triangular or trapezoid cross-shape. (See also prismatic blade.)
- Blade is a UK recording artist.
- Any of a number of films:
- Blade (1998), Blade II (2002), and Blade: Trinity (2004), a series of movies starring Wesley Snipes. (See also the comicbook superhero Blade.)
- Blade Runner
- Sling Blade
- Blade is a marionette from the Puppet Master movies, known for having a hook and knife as left and right hands respectively.
- Blade, a character from the toy line He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and a character in the 1987 live-action Masters of the Universe
- A computing blade aids in processing data, often with a blade server.
- Blades is a common slang for inline skates.
- Blade is part of an oar.
- The Washington Blade newspaper.
- Blade is a non-linear editing software for computers.
- In professional wrestling, to "blade" is to cut oneself in order to draw blood (for dramatic effect).
- Blades is M's private card club, featured in several of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels.
- The Blades is the common nickname for Sheffield United football club and their fans.