blade
- noun
- /bleɪd/
- I felt the dampness on my neck and in the furrow between my shoulder blades.
- shoulder blade
- tongue blade
- blade and tongue body
And then now roll those shoulder blades down and back.
- And then now roll those shoulder blades down and back.
Examples
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Both arms up and then think about pulling your shoulder blades back and just easily lifting.
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Could you get between my shoulder blades?
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And then you get it behind your shoulder blade and you can kind of your face behind the camera.
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And then now roll those shoulder blades down and back.
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So far, his hair is past his shoulder blades and I don't even care.
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Does amber have a birthmark on her right shoulder blade?
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I put it like right under my skull and I can also dig into my shoulder with these ones and also like under my shoulder blade and press really hard.
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Putting his arms around Bingham, he pulled her back until her shoulder blades pressed into his chest.
Fiction book (1991) -
Her hair is braided into a long ponytail that falls down between her shoulder blades to her waist.
Fiction book (1994) -
Could you help me locate my shoulder blade after the workout?
Synonyms
A flat, triangular bone on each side of the upper back that helps hold the arm
A broad flat part of a leaf that is not the stalk
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A flat, triangular bone on each side of the upper back that helps hold the arm
- Specialized
A flat vertical part at the back of a boat or plane that moves to steer it
How Flat
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blade for body parts (like shoulder blade) comes from the same 'leaf' idea: it names a broad, flat part of the body, so a shoulder blade is the flat bone that looks a little like a leaf.