Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to blade
Participle: bladed
Gerund: blading
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | blade |
| you | blade |
| he;she;it | blades |
| we | blade |
| you | blade |
| they | blade |
Perfect
| I | have bladed |
| you | have bladed |
| he;she;it | has bladed |
| we | have bladed |
| you | have bladed |
| they | have bladed |
Past
| I | bladed |
| you | bladed |
| he;she;it | bladed |
| we | bladed |
| you | bladed |
| they | bladed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bladed |
| you | had bladed |
| he;she;it | had bladed |
| we | had bladed |
| you | had bladed |
| they | had bladed |
Future
| I | will blade |
| you | will blade |
| he;she;it | will blade |
| we | will blade |
| you | will blade |
| they | will blade |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bladed |
| you | will have bladed |
| he;she;it | will have bladed |
| we | will have bladed |
| you | will have bladed |
| they | will have bladed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | blade |
| you | blade |
| he;she;it | blade |
| we | blade |
| you | blade |
| they | blade |
Perfect
| I | have bladed |
| you | have bladed |
| he;she;it | have bladed |
| we | have bladed |
| you | have bladed |
| they | have bladed |
Imperfect
| I | bladed |
| you | bladed |
| he;she;it | bladed |
| we | bladed |
| you | bladed |
| they | bladed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bladed |
| you | had bladed |
| he;she;it | had bladed |
| we | had bladed |
| you | had bladed |
| they | had bladed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would blade |
| you | would blade |
| he;she;it | would blade |
| we | would blade |
| you | would blade |
| they | would blade |
Perfect
| I | would have bladed |
| you | would have bladed |
| he;she;it | would have bladed |
| we | would have bladed |
| you | would have bladed |
| they | would have bladed |
Imperative
| you | blade |
| we | Let's blade |
| you | blade |
Verbs conjugated like 'blade'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'blade'
blake,
blame,
blare,
blate,
blaze,
clade,
lade,
ablate,
ablude,
abrade,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. blæd "a leaf," but also "a leaf-like part" (of spade, oar, etc.), P.Gmc. *bladaz (cf. O.Fris. bled "leaf," Ger. blatt, O.N. blað), from PIE *bhle-to-, suffixed form of *bhel- "to thrive, bloom" (see bole). Extended in M.E. to shoulders (c.1300) and swords (1330). The modern use in reference to grass may be a M.E. revival, by infl. of L. bladum, O.Fr. bled "corn, wheat." The cognate in Ger., blatt, is the general word for "leaf;" laub is used collectively as "foliage." O.N. blað was used in ref. to herbs and plants, lauf in ref. to trees. This may have been the original distinction in O.E., too.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.
4. Proto-Germanic *bladą
5. Proto-West Germanic *blad
6. Old English blæd
7. Middle English bladder.
8. Middle English blade
9. English blade
10. From Middle English blade, blad, from Old English blæd (“leaf”), from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-o-to-m, from *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”).
11. Cognate with West Frisian bled, German Blatt, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blad, Faroese and Icelandic blað, Irish bláth (“flower”), Welsh blodyn (“flower”), Tocharian A pält, Tocharian B pilta (“leaf”), Albanian fletë (“leaf”). Similar usage in German Sägeblatt (“saw blade”, literally “saw leaf”). Doublet of blat. More at blow.
Sample Sentences
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Want to go blading with me later in the park?
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As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded / As ever in the Muses' garden bladed. [1633, Phineas Fletcher, “Elisa”, in Piscatorie Eclogues and other Poetical Miscellanies:]
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The gang member got bladed in a fight.
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Nowadays, blading happens on occasion in a televised match and more often on pay-per-view but the practice isn't used as much for several reasons, among them an increased awareness of the transmission of AIDS has made blading more dangerous. [2008 February 10, Andrea Adelson, “Reality is often blurred”, in Orlando Sentinel, page C7:]