bladed

[bley-did]

adjective

1. having a blade or blades (often used in combination).

   a single-bladed leaf.

2. Crystallography.,  of or relating to a thin, flat form suggestive of knife blades.

   bladed arsenopyrite.

Other Word Forms

• multibladed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bladed¹

First recorded in 1570–80; blade + -ed ³

Example Sentences

David McColl, from Glasgow, allegedly used sharply bladed and serrated instruments to attack Graham Wright, 38, at a property in the city's Gorbals area between 20 August and 13 September.

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The police forces were all asked by the BBC about offences with bladed weapons they had recorded on school premises in the past few years.

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The packaging did not advise that it contained a bladed item, which Mr Moss said was a legal requirement at the time.

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A court later heard a graphic account of how he was attacked with bladed weapons after he crashed his Skoda Octavia - which had been fitted with a tracking device - and passed out behind the wheel.

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Jake Staples, 24, of Porth, has been charged with murder, attempted murder, wounding with intent, conspiracy to wound another and possession of bladed article.

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