ALL meanings of knife
knife
K k - noun plural knife an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle. 1
- noun plural knife a knifelike weapon; dagger or short sword. 1
- noun plural knife any blade for cutting, as in a tool or machine. 1
- verb with object knife to apply a knife to; cut, stab, etc., with a knife. 1
- verb with object knife to attempt to defeat or undermine in a secret or underhanded way. 1
- verb without object knife to move or cleave through something with or as if with a knife: The ship knifed through the heavy seas. 1
- idioms knife under the knife, in surgery; undergoing a medical operation: The patient was under the knife for four hours. 1
- noun knife kitchen utensil 1
- noun knife eating utensil 1
- noun knife cutting tool 1
- transitive verb knife stab 1
- noun knife machine: blade 1
- transitive verb knife cut 1
- noun knife An instrument composed of a blade fixed into a handle, used for cutting or as a weapon. 1
- noun knife 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. 0
- noun knife A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger. 0
- noun knife Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as the knives for a chipper. 0
- verb knife (Transitive Verb) To cut with a knife. 0
- verb knife (Transitive Verb) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon. 0
- verb knife (Intransitive Verb) To cut through as if with a knife. 0
- verb knife (Transitive Verb) To betray, especially in the context of a political slate. 0
- verb knife (Transitive Verb) To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. compare cut. 0
- countable noun knife A knife is a tool for cutting or a weapon and consists of a flat piece of metal with a sharp edge on the end of a handle. 0
- verb knife To knife someone means to attack and injure them with a knife. 0
- countable noun knife A surgeon's knife is a piece of equipment used to cut flesh and organs during operations. It is made of metal and has a very thin sharp edge. 0
- noun knife a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp-edged often pointed blade of metal fitted into a handle or onto a machine 0
- noun knife a similar instrument used as a weapon 0
- verb knife to cut, stab, or kill with a knife 0
- verb knife to betray, injure, or depose in an underhand way 0
- noun knife a cutting or stabbing instrument with a sharp blade, single-edged or double-edged, set in a handle 0
- noun knife a cutting blade, as in a machine 0
- verb transitive knife to cut or stab with a knife 0
- verb transitive knife to use underhanded methods in order to hurt, defeat, or betray 0
- intransitive verb knife to pass into or through something quickly, like a sharp knife 0
- noun knife A knife is a tool for cutting and consists of a flat piece of metal with a sharp edge on the end of a handle. 0