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Knife

/naɪf/

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.

📖 Definitions of "Knife"

noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.

  3. 3

    Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.

verb
  1. 1

    To cut with a knife.

  2. 2

    To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.

  3. 3

    To cut through as if with a knife.

  4. 4

    To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.

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