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knife
[ nahyf ]
noun
- an 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
- have one's knife in someoneto have a grudge against or victimize someone
- twist the knifeto make a bad situation worse in a deliberately malicious way
- the knives are out for someonepeople are determined to harm or put a stop to someone
the knives are out for Stevens
- under the knifeundergoing a surgical operation
verb
- to cut, stab, or kill with a knife
- to betray, injure, or depose in an underhand way
Derived Forms
- ˈԾڱˌ, adjective
- ˈԾڱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- Ծڱl adjective
- Ծİ 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.
More idioms and phrases containing knife
see at gunpoint (knifepoint) ; under the knife ; you could cut it with a knife .Example Sentences
Alfie Franco, 20 from Kirkburton, in West Yorkshire, is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court later charged with murder and possessing a knife in a public place.
Mr Cunliffe has been an anti-knife campaigner and youth mentor for about eight years and said he had spoken to more than 300 young people about knife crime.
There were concerns he was repeatedly going missing and stealing; fears he was being exploited to use and deal drugs and that he had, on occasion, also left home with a knife.
It later emerged he was carrying a knife.
Before they could escape, however, the father grabbed a knife and stabbed the mother’s throat in front of them, according to prosecution documents and autopsy reports.
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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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