knife
/ˈnaɪ̯f/ verb C2- To cut with a knife.
- To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon. · She was repeatedly knifed in the chest.
- To cut through as if with a knife. · The boat knifed through the water.
- To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
- To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.
He/she/it knifes · Past knifed · Past participle knifed · -ing form knifing
Verb forms
- Base form
- knife
- He/she/it
- knifes
- Past
- knifed
- Past participle
- knifed
- -ing form
- knifing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Then he laid upon the table a long, deadly, sheathed knife.
I saw the glint of a knife, and I lashed at him with the hammer.
I got him somewhere; for the knife tinkled down on the floor.
Of a branch of a plane, with a knife of my own,
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