knife
/ˈnaɪ̯f/ noun A1- 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. · He was looking for a knife to chop some steak.
- A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger.
- Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
Plural knives
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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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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