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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
/ naɪf /
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
- ˈknifeˌlike, adjective
- ˈknifer, noun
Other Words From
- knifelike adjective
- knifer noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of knife1
Word 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
Though it was inspired by a spate of real-world knife attacks — the sort of material that might invite sensationalism or prompt a heavy-handed lecture — “Adolescence” avoids both.
Police said they opened fire after she moved toward them with a knife.
So while you are looking for your phone as you’re on it, you are still making sure your child doesn’t fall or grab a knife.
"Clifford has again shown himself to be a coward. Clifford armed himself with a crossbow and knife in order to attack three innocent women," he said.
Making “Adolescence” is Graham’s effort to open the conversation around knife crime in the U.K. and masculinity, a more universal topic that’s come to the fore in the social media age.
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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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