'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