knife (redirected from knifing)

knife  (nf)

n. pl. knives (nvz)

1. A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handle.

2. A cutting edge; a blade.

v. knifed, knif·ing, knifes

v.tr.

1. To use a knife on, especially to stab; wound with a knife.

2. Informal To betray or attempt to defeat by underhand means.

v.intr.

To cut or slash a way through something with or as if with a knife: The boat knifed through the waves.

Idiom:

under the knife Informal

Undergoing surgery.

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[Middle English knif, from Old English cnf, from Old Norse knfr.]

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knifer n.

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knife

Noun

pl knives

a cutting instrument or weapon consisting of a sharp-edged blade of metal fitted into a handle

Verb

[knifing, knifed]

to stab or kill with a knife [Old English cnīf]

knifelike adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	knife - edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle barong - a knife resembling a cleaver; used in the Philippines blade - the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge bolo knife, bolo - long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin Bowie knife - a stout hunting knife with a single edge bread knife - a knife used to cut bread butcher knife - a large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat carving knife - a large knife used to carve cooked meat sheath knife, case knife - a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper - a butcher's knife having a large square blade drawknife, drawshave - a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) haft, helve - the handle of a weapon or tool hunting knife - a large sharp knife with a handle shaped to fit the grip knife blade - the blade of a knife letter opener, paper knife, paperknife - dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books linoleum cutter, linoleum knife - a knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleum parang - a stout straight knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia paring knife, parer - a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables pocket knife, pocketknife - a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket point - sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" pruning knife - a knife with a curved or hooked blade slicer - knife especially designed for slicing particular foods, as cheese surgical knife - a very sharp knife used in surgery table knife - a knife used for eating at dining table
	2.	knife - a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point bayonet - a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon dagger, sticker - a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing khukuri - a curved steel knife with a razor-sharp edge used in combat by the Gurkhas; has cultural and religious significance in Nepal machete, matchet, panga - a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation shiv - a knife used as a weapon trench knife - a knife with a double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting weapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" yataghan - a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge tip, peak, point - a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
	3.	knife - any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark" tongue projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something
Verb	1.	knife - use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" stab injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to poniard - stab with a poniard bayonet - stab or kill someone with a bayonet

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knife

noun 1. blade, carver, cutter, cutting tool

verb 2. cut, wound, stab, slash, thrust, gore, pierce, spear, jab, bayonet, impale, lacerate

Translations

knife [naɪf] [pl knives] n → cuchillo

vt → acuchillar;

knife, fork and spoon → cubiertos mpl

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knife [naɪf] n [knives , pl ] [naɪvz] → couteau m

vt → poignarder, frapper d'un coup de couteau;

knife, fork and spoon → couvert m

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knife [naɪf] [knives , pl ] n → Messer nt

vt (injure, attack) → einstechen auf +acc;

knife, fork and spoon → Messer, Gabel und Löffel

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knife [naɪf] n [pl knives] → coltello

vt → accoltellare, dare una coltellata a;

knife, fork and spoon → coperto