'Knife' definitions:
Definition of 'knife'
(from WordNet)
noun
Edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
noun
A weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
noun
Any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark" [syn: tongue, knife]
verb
Use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn: knife, stab]
Definition of 'Knife'
From: GCIDE
- Knife \Knife\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knifed; p. pr. & vb. n. Knifing.]
- 1. (Hort.) To prune with the knife. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low] [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a candidate of one's own party). [Slang, U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Knife'
From: GCIDE
- Knife \Knife\ (n[imac]f), n.; pl. Knives (n[imac]vz). [OE. knif, AS. cn[imac]f; akin to D. knijf, Icel. kn[imac]fr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.]
- 1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc.. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sword or dagger. [1913 Webster]
- The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Knife grass (Bot.) a tropical American sedge ({Scleria latifolia}), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife.
- War to the knife, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'knife'
From: Easton
- Knife
- Heb. hereb, "the waster," a sharp instrument for circumcision (Josh. 5:2, 3, lit. "knives of flint;" comp. Ex. 4:25); a razor (Ezek. 5:1); a graving tool (Ex. 20:25); an axe (Ezek. 26:9).
- Heb. maakeleth, a large knife for slaughtering and cutting up food (Gen. 22:6, 10; Prov. 30:14).
- Heb. sakkin, a knife for any purpose, a table knife (Prov. 23:2).
- Heb. mahalaph, a butcher's knife for slaughtering the victims offered in sacrifice (Ezra 1:9).
- Smaller knives (Heb. ta'ar, Jer. 36:26) were used for sharpening pens. The pruning-knives mentioned in Isa. 18:5 (Heb. mizmaroth) were probably curved knives.
Synonyms of 'knife'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ax,
- barong,
- bayonet,
- blade,
- bolo,
- bowie,
- bowie knife,
- cold steel,
- cut,
- cutlery,
- cutter,
- dagger,
- dining utensils,
- dirk,
- edge tool,
- edge tools,
- flat silver,
- flatware,
- forks,
- gravity knife,
- hollow ware,
- impale,
- knives,
- lance,
- machete,
- naked steel,
- parang,
- pierce,
- pigsticker,
- play dirty pool,
- play one false,
- plunge in,
- point,
- poniard,
- prove false,
- puncturer,
- run through,
- saber,
- sharpener,
- silver,
- silver plate,
- silverware,
- slash,
- spear,
- spike,
- spit,
- spoons,
- stab,
- stainless-steel ware,
- steel,
- stick,
- stiletto,
- switchblade,
- switchblade knife,
- sword,
- tablespoon,
- tableware,
- teaspoon,
- toad sticker,
- transfix,
- transpierce,
- whittle,
- wound
Words containing 'Knife'
- Knifed,
- Knifing,
- Balance knife,
- Bowie knife,
- Case knife,
- Chopping knife,
- Clasp knife,
- Dirk knife,
- Drawing knife,
- Flake knife,
- Hay knife,
- Knife River,
- Knife grass,
- Knife switch,
- Palette knife,
- Pruning knife,
- Race knife,
- Scalping knife,
- Sheath knife,
- Spalding knife,
- Spalting knife,
- Voiding knife,
- War to the knife,
- bolo knife,
- bread knife,
- butcher knife,
- butter knife,
- carving knife,
- fish knife,
- flick knife,
- hunting knife,
- knife blade,
- knife edge,
- knife fight,
- knife handle,
- knife pleat,
- knife thrust,
- linoleum knife,
- paper knife,
- paring knife,
- pocket knife,
- putty knife,
- steak knife,
- surgical knife,
- swingling knife,
- switchblade knife,
- table knife,
- trench knife,
- Knife River, MT,
- Knife-edge,
- flick-knife,
- knife-handle,
- Knife-edge file,
- dutch case-knife bean