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- Dictionaryknife/nʌɪf/
noun
- 1. an instrument composed of a blade fixed into a handle, used for cutting or as a weapon.
verb
- 1. stab (someone) with a knife: "he was knifed to death during the argument"
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KNIFE definition: 1. a tool, usually with a metal blade and a handle, used for cutting and spreading food or other…. Learn more.
A knife (pl.: knives; from Old Norse knifr 'knife, dirk') is a tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade, usually attached to a handle or hilt. One of the earliest tools used by humanity, knives appeared at least 2.5 million years ago, as evidenced by the Oldowan tools.
The meaning of KNIFE is a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade fastened to a handle. How to use knife in a sentence.
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.
KNIFE definition: 1. a sharp tool or weapon for cutting, usually with a metal blade and a handle: 2. to attack…. Learn more.
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. ...a knife and fork. Two robbers broke into her home, held a knife to her throat and stole her savings. Synonyms: blade, carver, cutter, cutting tool More Synonyms of knife. 2. verb.
(Cookery) a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp-edged often pointed blade of metal fitted into a handle or onto a machine. 2. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a similar instrument used as a weapon. 3. have one's knife in someone to have a grudge against or victimize someone.
Definition of knife noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a sharp tool or weapon for cutting, usually with a metal blade and a handle: a knife and fork. Fewer examples. a sharp knife. a blunt knife. I cut myself on a knife. The victim was stabbed repeatedly with a knife. He plunged the knife into the man's stomach.
Definitions of 'knife'. 1. 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. [...] 2. To knife someone means to attack and injure them with a knife. [...] 3. See to twist the knife in sb's wound [...]
