knife

From Wiktionary

knife is part of the Basic English 850.
This word was selected as the Word of the Day for 06-04-2006.

[change] Pronunciation

• IPA: /naɪf/
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[change] Noun

A few kitchen knives: chef's knife, bread knife, steak knife, and paring knife

1. (countable) A knife is a tool that cuts.

   He ate with his knife and fork.

2. (countable) A knife is a tool with a thin edge.

   He worked with a putty knife.

[change] Synonyms

• (tool) blade, cutter

[change] Verb

1. If you knife someone, you stab someone with a knife; you make a hole in them.

   The gang knifed him sixteen times.

[change] Synonyms

• stab