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bladed

American  
[bley-did] / ˈbleɪ dɪd /

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.


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Etymology

Origin of bladed

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

Example Sentences

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Photos and a video Aiello provided show bladed wire snaking around the decomposing animal’s neck and curved horns, as well as the front legs, in a desert landscape dotted with boulders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

A man who was cautioned for carrying a bladed trowel in public has said he was given no choice but to accept the reprimand because police were unable to contact a solicitor for him.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

The newest — described on Thursday by a team of researchers in the journal PeerJ — is Lokiceratops rangiformis, a five-ton herbivore with spectacular, curving brow horns and huge, bladed spikes on its meter-long frill.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

Police alleged the garden tool had “a sharp bladed end.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Peter raised a shoulder toward the wall of bladed tools.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

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