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Knife

/ˈnaɪ̯f/ · noun

Meaning

A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing..

Definitions by Sense

  1. A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
  2. A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger.
  3. Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
  4. (transitive) To cut with a knife.
  5. (transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.
  6. (intransitive) To cut through as if with a knife.
  7. (transitive) To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
  8. (transitive) To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.

Example Sentences

He was looking for a knife to chop some steak.
Jeff was bent low over the backboard, working with the knife, a steady sawing motion, his shirt soaked through with sweat.
She was repeatedly knifed in the chest.
One day his sergeant began to cane him, on which, seizing his knife, he knifed the sergeant : he knifed the privates : he knifed until he was finally overpowered, and, brought before a court-martial, was condemned to fifteen years at the galleys.
The plane has been hijacked. They've already knifed a guy.
Naw, they found him in the pissery of some gin mill near the Mohawk West terminal—he'd been knifed.
The boat knifed through the water.

Synonyms for knife

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Antonyms for knife

Related Words

stabtonguebladechoppershivrazorsworddaggersabresneesabercuttershankwirestabbingthreadyarnratchetswordsmanpawl

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does knife mean?

Knife means A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing..

What is a synonym for knife?

Common synonyms include burn, quisle, stab in the back, assfuck.

What is the opposite of knife?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use knife in a sentence?

He was looking for a knife to chop some steak.

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