Knife vs. Knives

Knifenoun

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.

Knifenoun

A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.

Knifenoun

Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.

Knifeverb

(transitive) To cut with a knife.

Knifeverb

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

Knifeverb

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

Knifeverb

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

Knifeverb

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

Knifenoun

An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc..

Knifenoun

A sword or dagger.

Knifeverb

To prune with the knife.

Knifeverb

To cut or stab with a knife.

Knifeverb

Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a candidate of one's own party).

Knifenoun

edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle

Knifenoun

a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point

Knifenoun

any long thin projection that is transient;

Knifeverb

use a knife on;

Knife

A knife (plural knives; from Old Norse knifr 'knife, dirk') is a tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade, often attached to a handle or hilt. One of the earliest tools used by humanity, knives appeared at least 2.5 million years ago, as evidenced by the Oldowan tools.

Knivesnoun

plural of knife

Knives

n. pl. of Knife. See Knife.