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knifeknife2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEknife |
Present | I, you, we, they | knife | | he, she, it | knifes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | knifed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have knifed | | he, she, it | has knifed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had knifed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will knife | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have knifed |
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Present | I | am knifing | | he, she, it | is knifing | | you, we, they | are knifing | Past | I, he, she, it | was knifing | | you, we, they | were knifing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been knifing | | he, she, it | has been knifing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been knifing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be knifing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been knifing |
- A spontaneous shiver of delight knifed through Mattie.
- An electricity pylon was knocked over and one person was knifed.
- Deirdre's knifed beside the sour canal..
- It is believed she was knifed to death.
- One was a stabbing spree in which 12 cabdrivers got knifed in one week by a lone assailant.
- When they met a few days later in Benghazi they quarrelled and the Zliten boy knifed the Zuwayi in the arm.
► knifed to death She had been knifed to death. ► a knife/gun attack· He was sentenced to nine years in prison for the knife attack. ► a knife/sword fight· There have been several arrests, following knife fights between drunken fans. ► knives and forks Put the knives and forks on the table. ► balanced on a knife-edge His future in the job is balanced on a knife-edge. ► plunged ... knife Repeatedly she plunged the knife into his chest. ► pull a gun/knife (on somebody) (=take one out, ready to use it) ► a stab/knife wound· Her body was found with 37 stab wounds at her home in William Street. to put a knife into someone’s body SYN stab: She had been knifed to death.—knifing noun [countable] |