KNIFE

Definition:

1. [noun] edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
   
   
2. [noun] a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
   
   
3. [noun] any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
   Synonyms: tongue
   
   
4. [verb] use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death"
   Synonyms: stab
   
   

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Related Words:

• poniard
• bayonet
• barong
• bolo, bolo knife
• Bowie knife
• bread knife
• butcher knife
• carving knife
• case knife, sheath knife
• cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper
• drawknife, drawshave
• hunting knife
• letter opener, paper knife, paperknife
• linoleum knife, linoleum cutter
• parang
• parer, paring knife
• pocketknife, pocket knife
• pruning knife
• slicer
• surgical knife
• table knife
• bayonet
• dagger, sticker
• flick-knife
• khukuri
• machete, matchet, panga
• shiv
• trench knife
• yataghan