knife
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
knife (plural knives)
- 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.
- 2007, Scott Smith, The Ruins, page 273
- Jeff was bent low over the backboard, working with the knife, a steady sawing motion, his shirt soaked through with sweat.
- 2007, Scott Smith, The Ruins, page 273
- A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.
- Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
knife (knifes, present participle knifing; past and past participle knifed)
- (transitive) To cut with a knife.
- (transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.
- (intransitive) To cut through as if with a knife.
- (transitive) To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
- (transitive) To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. compare cut
- Portuguese: cortar com (uma) faca
- Russian: ре́зать
- French: frapper d'un coup de couteau
- German: messern
- Italian: accoltellare
- Portuguese: esfaquear
- Russian: прире́зать
- Spanish: acuchillar
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