knife
The definition of a knife is a tool with a sharp blade and a handle used for cutting or stabbing.
(noun)- The kitchen utensil with a sharp blade and a handle that you use when you are cutting up steak is an example of a knife.
- A tool with a sharp blade that a murderer uses to stab someone to death is an example of a knife.
To knife is defined as to cut or stab someone using a tool with a handle and a sharp metal blade.
(verb)When a murderer stabs someone using a sharp blade, this is an example of a when the murdered knifes his victim.
See knife in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. knives
- a cutting or stabbing instrument with a sharp blade, single-edged or double-edged, set in a handle
- a cutting blade, as in a machine
Origin: ME knif < OE cnif, akin to Ger kneif, ON knīfr < IE *gneibh- (> Lith gnaibis, a pinching): for base see knead
transitive verb knifed, knifing
- to cut or stab with a knife
- ☆ Informal to use underhanded methods in order to hurt, defeat, or betray
intransitive verb
Related Forms:
- knifelike adjective
See knife in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. knives knives (nīvz)
- A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handle.
- A cutting edge; a blade.
- To use a knife on, especially to stab; wound with a knife.
- Informal To betray or attempt to defeat by underhand means.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English knif
Origin: , from Old English cnīf
Origin: , from Old Norse knīfr
.Related Forms:
- knifˈer noun
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