knife

noun

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.

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.

verb

(transitive) To cut with a knife.

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

(intransitive) To cut through as if with a knife.

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

(transitive) To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.

Synonyms for knife

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