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knife
[nahyf]
noun
plural
knivesan instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
a knifelike weapon; dagger or short sword.
any blade for cutting, as in a tool or machine.
verb (used with object)
to apply a knife to; cut, stab, etc., with a knife.
to attempt to defeat or undermine in a secret or underhanded way.
verb (used without object)
to move or cleave through something with or as if with a knife.
The ship knifed through the heavy seas.
knife
/ Բɪ /
noun
a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp-edged often pointed blade of metal fitted into a handle or onto a machine
a similar instrument used as a weapon
to have a grudge against or victimize someone
to make a bad situation worse in a deliberately malicious way
people are determined to harm or put a stop to someone
the knives are out for Stevens
undergoing a surgical operation
verb
to cut, stab, or kill with a knife
to betray, injure, or depose in an underhand way
Other 51Թ Forms
- knifelike adjective
- knifer noun
- ˈԾڱˌ adjective
- ˈԾڱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of knife1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of knife1
Idioms and Phrases
under the knife, in surgery; undergoing a medical operation.
The patient was under the knife for four hours.
Example Sentences
Surgical skills developed by doctors in war zones are now routinely being used to treat victims of gun and knife crime.
Austria has never seen a school attack on this scale, but the French stabbing took place during a government programme aimed at tackling the growth in knife crime.
Dighton injured several officers and admitted trying to murder a police officer with a knife and was sentenced at the Old Bailey in London.
But South Africa roared back into the contest in the second half of the day as Australia collapsed to 144-8 - a lead of 218 - to leave the match on a knife edge.
"I've never played a golf course as hard. Every shot is on a knife edge."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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