About The Word Knife
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Knife
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What's The Definition Of Knife?
[n] edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
[n] a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point [n] any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark" [v] use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" Synonyms | Synonyms for Knife: stab | tongue Related Terms | Find terms related to Knife: ax | barong | bayonet | blade | bolo | bowie | bowie knife | cold steel | cut | cutlery | cutter | dagger | dining utensils | dirk | edge tool | edge tools | flat silver | flatware | forks | gravity knife | hollow ware | impale | knives | lance | machete | naked steel | parang | pierce | pigsticker | play dirty pool | play one false | plunge in | point | poniard | prove false | puncturer | run through | saber | sharpener | silver | silver plate | silverware | slash | spear | spike | spit | spoons | stab | stainless-steel ware | steel | stick | stiletto | switchblade | switchblade knife | sword | tablespoon | tableware | teaspoon | toad sticker | transfix | transpierce | whittle | wound See Also | arm | barong | bayonet | bayonet | blade | bolo | bolo knife | Bowie knife | bread knife | butcher knife | carving knife | case knife | chopper | cleaver | dagger | drawknife | drawshave | edge tool | flick-knife | haft | helve | hunting knife | injure | knife blade | letter opener | linoleum cutter | linoleum knife | machete | matchet | meat cleaver | panga | paperknife | parang | parer | paring knife | peak | pocket knife | pocketknife | point | poniard | projection | pruning knife | sheath knife | shiv | slicer | sticker | surgical knife | table knife | tip | trench knife | weapon | weapon system | wound | yataghan Knife In Webster's Dictionary \Knife\, n.; pl. {Knives}. [OE. knif, AS. cn[=i]f; akin to
D. knijf, Icel. kn[=i]fr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.]
1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel
and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle,
but of many different forms and names for different uses;
as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife,
pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc..
2. A sword or dagger.
The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. --Shak.
{Knife grass} (Bot.) a tropical American sedge ({Scleria
latifolia}), having leaves with a very sharp and hard
edge, like a knife.
{War to the knife}, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the
last extremity.
\Knife\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knifed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Knifing}.] 1. (Hort.) To prune with the knife. 2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low] \Knife\, v. t. Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a candidate of one's own party). [Slang, U. S.] |
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