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noun | verb knifeknife1 /naɪf/ ●●● S2 W3 noun (plural knives /naɪvz/) [countable] ETYMOLOGYknife1Origin: Old English cnif ► kitchen/bread/vegetable etc. knife (=a knife used in the kitchen, for cutting bread, etc.) 1 a tool used for cutting or as a weapon, consisting of a metal blade attached to a handle: a knife and forkkitchen/bread/vegetable etc. knife (=a knife used in the kitchen, for cutting bread, etc.)2you could cut the atmosphere/air/tension etc. with a knife used to say that you felt the people in a room were angry with each other3go under the knife humorous to have a medical operation4pull a knife (on somebody) to take a knife out of your clothes, where it had been hidden, and threaten someone with it: Lyons claimed that Bessemer pulled a knife on him.5like a (hot) knife through butter informal used to say that something moves, happens, or is done very easily, without any problem6twist/turn the knife to say something that makes someone who is upset about something even more upset [Origin: Old English cnif] noun | verb knifeknife2 verb [transitive + in] 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 |
to put a knife into someone’s body SYN stab |