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knife
[ nahyf ]
noun
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- to apply a knife to; cut, stab, etc., with a knife.
- to attempt to defeat or undermine in a secret or underhanded way.
verb (used without object)
- to move or cleave through something with or as if with a knife:
The ship knifed through the heavy seas.
knife
/ ²Ô²¹Éª´Ú /
noun
- a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp-edged often pointed blade of metal fitted into a handle or onto a machine
- a similar instrument used as a weapon
- have one's knife in someoneto have a grudge against or victimize someone
- twist the knifeto make a bad situation worse in a deliberately malicious way
- the knives are out for someonepeople are determined to harm or put a stop to someone
the knives are out for Stevens
- under the knifeundergoing a surgical operation
verb
- to cut, stab, or kill with a knife
- to betray, injure, or depose in an underhand way
Derived Forms
- ˈ°ì²Ô¾±´Ú±ðËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
- ˈ°ì²Ô¾±´Ú±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ì²Ô¾±´Ú±ðl¾±°ì±ð adjective
- °ì²Ô¾±´Úİù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of knife1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of knife1
Idioms and Phrases
- under the knife, in surgery; undergoing a medical operation:
The patient was under the knife for four hours.
More idioms and phrases containing knife
see at gunpoint (knifepoint) ; under the knife ; you could cut it with a knife .Example Sentences
He said he went into schools and colleges in Newport, Cardiff, Swansea and across the UK, as well as working with South Wales Police on its Not The One knife campaign.
There were concerns he was repeatedly going missing and stealing; fears he was being exploited to use and deal drugs and that he had, on occasion, also left home with a knife.
It later emerged he was carrying a knife.
Before they could escape, however, the father grabbed a knife and stabbed the mother’s throat in front of them, according to prosecution documents and autopsy reports.
A man reported to have a firearm who was shot dead by officers was carrying a knife, police confirmed.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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