knife

Definition of Knife in English :

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Noun

1. knife

edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle

2. knife

a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point

3. knife, tongue

any long thin projection that is transient

Example Sentences:
'tongues of flame licked at the walls'
'rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark'

tongue

Verb

4. knife, stab

use a knife on

Example Sentences:
'The victim was knifed to death'

stab

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Knife

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nounWord forms: plural knives (naɪvz )

1.

a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp-edged often pointed blade of metal fitted into a handle or onto a machine

2.

a similar instrument used as a weapon

3. have one's knife in someone

4. twist the knife

5. the knives are out for someone

6. under the knife

verb (transitive)

7.

to cut, stab, or kill with a knife

8.

to betray, injure, or depose in an underhand way

Knife

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nounWord forms: plural knives

1.

a cutting or stabbing instrument with a sharp blade, single-edged or double-edged, set in a handle

2.

a cutting blade, as in a machine

verb transitiveWord forms: knifed or ˈknifing

3.

to cut or stab with a knife

4. US, Informal

to use underhanded methods in order to hurt, defeat, or betray

verb intransitive US

5.

to pass into or through something quickly, like a sharp knife

Knife

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n. pl. knives (nīvz)

1. A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handle.

2. A cutting edge; a blade.

v. knifed, knif·ing, knifes

v.tr.

1. To use a knife on, especially to stab; wound with a knife.

2. Informal To betray or attempt to defeat by underhand means.

v.intr.

To cut or slash a way through something with or as if with a knife: The boat knifed through the waves.

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