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US
/ˈnaɪf/
]
[ UK /nˈaɪf/ ]
[ UK /nˈaɪf/ ]
NOUN
- edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
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any long thin projection that is transient
rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark
tongues of flame licked at the walls - a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
VERB
-
use a knife on
The victim was knifed to death
How To Use knife In A Sentence
- Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
- So, he got out his bread knife and trimmed the quarter-loaf down to a couple of slices of dry toast.
- The first exhibit was a knife which the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon.
- It helped her defuse a life-threatening situation in the Himalayas, when she and her friends were confronted by knife-carrying attackers.
- Depardieu's flick-knife is stuck in his stomach, and the dying man's description of his attacker is pointedly applicable to Depardieu. Archive 2008-08-01
- This knife needs sharpening.
- After several attempts to untie the knot, I admitted defeat and cut through it with a knife.
- My knife slips off the screw and with a grating screech marks the white surface of the machine.
- The knife landed with its point sticking into the floor.
- She used a knife to prise open the lid.
