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knife noun (knives) 1 a cutting instrument, typically in the form of a blade fitted into a handle or into machinery, and sometimes also used for spreading. Also in compounds • steak-knife • butter-knife. 2 such an instrument used as a weapon. verb (knifed, knifing) 1 to cut. 2 to stab or kill with a knife. 3 to try to defeat by treachery. knifing noun the act of attacking and injuring someone using a knife. have one's knife in or into someone colloq 1 to bear a grudge against them. 2 to be persistently hostile or spiteful to them. the knives are out colloq the argument has taken a savage turn. twist the knife (in the wound) to deliberately to increase someone's distress or embarrassment by constant reminders of the circumstances that caused it. under the knife colloq having a surgical operation.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon cnif.

knife noun (knives) 1 a cutting instrument, typically in the form of a blade fitted into a handle or into machinery, and sometimes also used for spreading. Also in compounds • steak-knife • butter-knife. 2 such an instrument used as a weapon. verb (knifed, knifing) 1 to cut. 2 to stab or kill with a knife. 3 to try to defeat by treachery. knifing noun the act of attacking and injuring someone using a knife. have one's knife in or into someone colloq 1 to bear a grudge against them. 2 to be persistently hostile or spiteful to them. the knives are out colloq the argument has taken a savage turn. twist the knife (in the wound) to deliberately to increase someone's distress or embarrassment by constant reminders of the circumstances that caused it. under the knife colloq having a surgical operation.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon cnif.

knife noun (knives) 1 a cutting instrument, typically in the form of a blade fitted into a handle or into machinery, and sometimes also used for spreading. Also in compounds • steak-knife • butter-knife. 2 such an instrument used as a weapon. verb (knifed, knifing) 1 to cut. 2 to stab or kill with a knife. 3 to try to defeat by treachery. knifing noun the act of attacking and injuring someone using a knife. have one's knife in or into someone colloq 1 to bear a grudge against them. 2 to be persistently hostile or spiteful to them. the knives are out colloq the argument has taken a savage turn. twist the knife (in the wound) to deliberately to increase someone's distress or embarrassment by constant reminders of the circumstances that caused it. under the knife colloq having a surgical operation.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon cnif.