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gume — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blade noun The flat, sharp-edged cutting part of a knife, sword, or similar tool.
  • cutting edge adjective So new and advanced that nothing else has gone further; at the front of what is currently possible in a field. Usually written with a hyphen before a noun.
  • edge noun The outer boundary or line where something ends.

Senses

gume is used for these senses in English:

  • blade The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
  • cutting edge The sharp edge of the blade of a knife or other cutting tool.
  • edge (also, figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.

blade — full definition

  1. noun The flat, sharp-edged cutting part of a knife, sword, or similar tool.
  2. noun A flat, thin part shaped like a cutting blade, such as of a fan, propeller, oar, or grass.
  3. verb To skate using inline skates ("rollerblades").

cutting edge — full definition

  1. adjective So new and advanced that nothing else has gone further; at the front of what is currently possible in a field. Usually written with a hyphen before a noun.
  2. noun The most advanced position in the development of something, where new work is being done first.
  3. noun The sharpened edge of a blade or tool, the part that does the cutting.

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