Wife vs. Knife

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Wifenoun

A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.

Wifenoun

The female of a pair of mated animals.

Wifenoun

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Wifenoun

A woman; an adult female; - now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.

Wifenoun

The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; - correlative of husband.

Wifenoun

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

Wife

A wife is a woman in a marriage. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until the marriage legally dissolves with a divorce judgement.

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.

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