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knife
  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. A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.
  3. Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. blade, sword, bayonet, chopper, scythe, sickle, cutter, lance, shank, shiv, stiletto, carver, cutlass, edge, bolo, dagger, lancet, machete, point, ripper, sabre, saber, scalpel, scimitar, skewer, skiver, steel, switchblade, tickler, cutting edge, cutting tool, cleaver, dirk, poniard, stylet, bodkin, X-Acto knife, rapier, hack, pocketknife, yataghan, jackknife, billhook, handbill, sheath knife, switch knife, bowie knife, pruner, bola, hacker … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Solomon put his knife and fork neatly by the side of his plate and sipped a glass of Chablis.”
knifeboard
  1. A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
  2. (historical, attributive) A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.
  3. (historical, by extension) An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.
knifer
  1. Someone who sells knives.
  2. Someone who stabs another with a knife.
knifegrinder
  1. One whose trade is the sharpening of knives on a grindstone.
knifefish
  1. Any of numerous unrelated fishes with knife-shaped bodies.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. featherback
knifework
  1. artistic or ornamental work done with a knife
kniving
  1. Misconstruction of conniving
knifeplay
  1. The act of fighting or cutting with a knife.
knifemaking
  1. The manufacture of knives.
knifing
  1. An instance of stabbing with a knife.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. murder, killing, assassination, homicide, massacre, slaying, butchery, liquidation, death, extermination, manslaughter, slaughter, blood, execution, fratricide, hit, matricide, parricide, patricide, rubout, sororicide, bloodshed, carnage, filicide, infanticide, lynching, regicide, uxoricide, annihilation, destruction, dispatching, off, offing, shooting, wasting, foul play, taking out, rub out, contract killing, unlawful death, the business, the works, abuse, insults, curses, cursing, invective, libel, scolding, vituperation … more
knifeman
  1. Man using a knife as a weapon.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The knifeman struck as the woman was unloading her silver BMW estate car on a side street off Chorley New Road on Thursday at about 8.45 am.”
      “A WOMAN abducted by a knifeman in a busy Bolton street and forced to drive to Leeds was today recovering at home.”
      “Police believe a wall of silence is protecting a knifeman who stabbed a teenager in the face during a seven-a-side football match.”
knifepoint
  1. The pointed end of a knife.
  2. Examples:
      3. “A female motorist was threatened at knifepoint during a terrifying car-jacking in Bradford.”
      “Moments later he was threatened at knifepoint by the man who spoke with a heavy Irish accent.”
      “A man was dragged into a dark car park in Southend town centre and robbed at knifepoint by two thugs.”
knifemaker
  1. Someone who makes knives.
knifesman
  1. someone who uses a knife
knifegrinders
  1. plural of knifegrinder
knifeboards
  1. plural of knifeboard
knifemakers
  1. plural of knifemaker
knifepoints
  1. plural of knifepoint
knifesmen
  1. plural of knifesman
knifefishes
  1. plural of knifefish
  2. Synonyms:
      3. featherbacks
knifemen
  1. plural of knifeman
knifings
  1. plural of knifing
  2. Synonyms:
      3. murder, killing, assassinations, homicide, massacres, slayings, butchery, liquidation, death, exterminations, manslaughter, slaughter, blood, execution, fratricide, hits, matricide, parricides, patricide, rubouts, sororicide, bloodshed, carnage, filicide, infanticide, lynchings, regicides, uxoricide, annihilation, destruction, dispatchings, off, offings, shooting, wastings, foul play, unlawful deaths, the business, abuse, cursings, invective, libel, scoldings, vituperation, defamations, slander, vilification, blame, castigation, upbraidings … more
knifers
  1. plural of knifer
knifes
  1. (nonstandard) plural of knife
knives
  1. plural of knife
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tableware, silverware, flatware, silver, utensils, forks, spoons, cutlery, knives and forks, fighting irons, flat silver, silver plate, service, spoon, eating irons, hollowware, utensil, fork, knife, plates, dishes, plate, eating utensils, knives, forks, and spoons … more
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