noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a blade of grass (= a single piece of grass )
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A few blades of grass poked out of the dry earth.
razor blade
shoulder blade
the blade of a knife
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The blade of the knife cut cleanly through the rope.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
long
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The knife he slid towards her and into the butter had a menacingly long shadow blade .
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The long blade was whipped by the rye stalks.
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The long blades clashed and rang, their movement too fast for the eye to follow with certainty.
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But police now know the murder weapon was a knife with a ten inch long blade .
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Only then, as Rosten turned slightly, did Ben see the long , thin blade he held.
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The raider's spear rested across the pommel of his saddle, first light glinting on its long , polished blade .
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The long blade sang its death song, as it whirled in a gleaming figure-of-eight.
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Large expanses of privet need a longer blade , and the extra cost will be offset by the time saved.
sharp
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A spare mount had been brought and Victor was ordered, under the sharp blade of a Cossack sword, to mount.
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I saw them passing enormous sheets of colored paper and cardboard through the sharp blade of humming, dangerous machinery.
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Again, always use a very sharp blade to make any cuts.
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He took a scalpel from the pocket of his jacket and slipped the plastic sheath off its sharp blade .
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The once razor sharp blades have been replaced by wooden ones tipped with rubber.
■ NOUN
grass
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All her life had been spent surrounded by grimy bricks with hardly a green grass blade in sight.
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I can see wildflowers crouched among the blown grass blades .
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The grass blades tore, but their initial resistance sent him stumbling backwards.
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Even if the whole farm-very tree and grass blade of it dies.
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That's not a hair the axeman says it's a silk thread, a grass blade , the moth's antennae.
knife
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Unease slides through my brain like an oily knife blade .
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The underside of the handle is slotted to receive a knife blade which was riveted at the dolphin's tail.
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Hold a knife blade over the housing and it goes all over the place, proving the point.
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The 12in knife blade which was plunged into his buttock entered his abdominal cavity.
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Blood oozed out of the meat and stained the carbon steel of the knife blade .
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In the screaming, struggling melee, a knife blade in the wrong place was never noticed.
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He had felt the knife blade turning in his gut as he had talked, and he acknowledged it.
leaf
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Some species have green leaves , and others have distinctly colored leaf blades .
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The whole leaf blade is moderately curved with curled margins.
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The leaf blades are lanceolate to broadly lanceolate and the inflorescence is branching.
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It closely resembles E. macrophyllus and like the latter has no pellucid markings in the leaf blades .
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The leaf blades are lanceolate, ovate, round, or arrow-shaped.
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Their petioles are almost white; leaf blades are irregularly decorated with green, yellow-green, and white spots.
razor
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A boy would have better opportunities - of doing that nasty trick with the razor blade , for example.
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He turned off the cold water, picked up the razor blade and sat on the floor next to the tub.
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Are all matches, razor blades and sharp implements out of reach?
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I now remembered that I had put a razor blade under the insole of my shoe, and I removed it.
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After removing the tape, pare away any surplus adhesive with a razor blade .
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A razor blade or serrated knife will work well.
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Two guards were attacked with a razor blade and slightly injured.
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They were sharp as razor blades .
roller
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I roller blade and I am being taught to play hockey on roller blade.
rotor
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The synthesised components of the molecule look and act like a rotor blade , propelling the molecule around.
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There was also talk that these daredevils flew with their rotor blades overlapped by several feet, just for fun.
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Dark mosquito shadows across the hilltops, rotor blades beating the air, stirring the ground, pressing down.
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The grenade went up through the roof of my Huey, up through the spinning rotor blades .
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I have found it to be a great help if the main rotor blades are covered with a glossy white material.
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If you held the collective in flying position, the rotor blades would slow and stop.
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At the time of writing, however, the ideal design of the main rotor blade was still to be established.
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The disk formed by the rotor blades is what really flies.
shoulder
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Do not press on the spine or the shoulder blade itself.
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When a player took a shot, I felt it through my shoulder blades .
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Gobbets of pinkish-grey matter exploded from the exit wound below the right shoulder blade .
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With wet clothes clinging to her back, she looked skeletal, her shoulder blades poking up like sharp crags.
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Rotating skin on the shoulder blade 6.
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Narrow shoulders , indeed the shoulder blades were pronounced and his chest was rectangular.
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Place only the fingertips on the shoulder blade .
■ VERB
fit
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Some are also fitted with a blade break for safety.
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Blend all ingredients in a food processor fitted with a metal blade .
hold
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A novel feature is the ability of the metal block to hold blades facing forwards or sideways.
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The unique magnetic clamp which holds the blade in place has been specially developed and patented by Martek.
use
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To help matters along, I used a new razor blade .
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Again, always use a very sharp blade to make any cuts.
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If they arrested me, I would use the razor blade to cut my veins.
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He refused the offer of any sword, preferring to use the blade he had forged with his own hands.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a ceiling fan with wooden blades
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a propeller blade
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razor blades
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The blade should be kept sharp.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A boy would have better opportunities - of doing that nasty trick with the razor blade , for example.
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A covered walkway, already damp with footprints, led under the Midwest Highway that cut the city like a blade .
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As the weight transferred to the Huey, the increased pitch of the blades slapped the air loudly.
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But every drop that fell contained the promise of another leaf, another blossom, another blade of grass in the spring.
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Do not press on the spine or the shoulder blade itself.
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Only £9.99, including a spare blade set, from most craft shops.
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Roasts are center cut, blade or rib end, and sirloin loin.
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Some species have green leaves, and others have distinctly colored leaf blades.