Knife Definition

nīf
knifed, knifes, knifing, knives
noun
knives
A cutting or stabbing instrument with a sharp blade, single-edged or double-edged, set in a handle.
Webster's New World
A cutting blade, as in a machine.
Webster's New World

A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.

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Synonyms:
verb
knifed, knifes, knifing
To cut or stab with a knife.
Webster's New World
To use underhanded methods in order to hurt, defeat, or betray.
Webster's New World
To pass into or through something quickly, like a sharp knife.
Webster's New World

To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.

Wiktionary

To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.

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idiom
under the knife
  • Undergoing surgery.
American Heritage
under the knife
  • undergoing surgery
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Knife

Noun

Singular:
knife
Plural:
knives

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Origin of Knife

  • Middle English knif, from late Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr (compare Danish/Swedish/Norwegian kniv), from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (compare Low German Knief, Luxembourgish Knäip ‘penknife’), from *knīpaną ‘to pinch’ (compare Dutch knijpen, Low German kniepen, Old High German gniffen), from Proto-Indo-European *gneibʰ- (compare Lithuanian gnýbti, žnýbti ‘to pinch’, gnaibis ‘pinching’). Replaced Middle English sax.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English knif from Old English cnīf from Old Norse knīfr

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Knife Sentence Examples

  • A knife is an instrument to cut with.

  • He grabbed a butter knife and began spreading jelly on a biscuit.

  • A knife caught her arm, and she ducked a punch in the cramped space.

  • She hesitated, but saw I still held the knife by my side.

  • He placed a knife at her neck.

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Words Starting With

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