knife > define

noun

• Edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle.
• A weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point.
• Any long thin projection that is transient.
  • usage: "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
  • synonyms: tongue

verb

• Use a knife on.
  • usage: "The victim was knifed to death"
  • synonyms: stab

• (n.) 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..
• (v.t.) To cut or stab with a knife.
• (v.t.) To prune with the knife.
• (n.) A sword or dagger.
• (v.t.) Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand means, especially in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a candidate of one's own party).