knife
IPA: nˈaɪf
noun
- 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.
- 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.
verb
- (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.
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Examples of "knife" in Sentences
- The lady rarefied the edge with knife.
- The string is then severed with a knife.
- The knife was in the tool box in the car.
- It is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
- The hand likes the knife to be able to cut the heavy.
- The apron is pried up with the knife, pulled back and cut off.
- The freshly cut clay ahead of the concrete work shows clear knife marks.
- Melampous retrieved the knife and mixed the rust from the knife with wine.
- Knife cuts are made in the meat till the bone to allow seasoning to seep in.
- Luanda instructed her to cut his shadow with a knife and instill the medicine.
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