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 and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger
To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon
knives is the plural form of the noun and knifes is the third person singular of the present tense of the verb
To knife someone means to attack and injure them with a knife. Dawson takes revenge on the man by knifing him to death
A knife is a tool for cutting or a weapon and consists of a flat piece of metal with a sharp edge on the end of a handle. a knife and fork Two robbers broke into her home, held a knife to her throat and stole her savings
If a lot of people want something unpleasant to happen to someone, for example if they want them to lose their job, you can say that the knives are out for that person. The Party knives are out for the leader
A sixth level spell that creates any kind of knife (that is shorter than a short sword)
is the emblem borne by St Agatha, St Albert, and St Christina The flaying knife is the emblem of St Bartholomew, because he was flayed A sacrificing knife is borne in Christian art by St Zadkiel, the angel The knife of academic knots Chrysippos, so called because he was the keenest disputant of his age (B C 280-207) War to the knife Deadly strife
any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
A surgeon's knife is a piece of equipment used to cut flesh and organs during operations. It is made of metal and has a very thin sharp edge. = scalpel If you go under the knife, you have an operation in a hospital. Kelly was about to go under the knife when her surgeon stopped everything. see also carving knife, fish knife, flick knife, palette knife, paper knife, pocket knife, Stanley knife
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death