knife

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /naɪf/

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Noun

Singular knife

Plural knives

A few kitchen knives: chef's knife, bread knife, steak knife, and paring knife

1. (countable) A knife is a tool that cuts.
   • Synonyms: blade and cutter

   He ate with his knife and fork.

2. (countable) A knife is a tool with a thin edge.

   He worked with a putty knife.

Verb

Plain form knife

Third-person singular knifes

Past tense knifed

Past participle knifed

Present participle knifing

1. (transitive) If you knife someone, you stab someone with a knife; you make a hole in them.
   • Synonym: stab

   The gang knifed him sixteen times.