knife

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Baptiste The fingers had closed upon the knife, the knife was already high in the air, when, with a shriek, Baptiste cleared the room at a bound, and, before the knife could fall, the little Frenchman's boot had caught the uplifted wrist, and sent the knife flying to the wall Then there was a great rushing sound as of wind through the forest, and the lights went out.

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  1. noun A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handle.
  2. noun A cutting edge; a blade.
  3. transitive verb To use a knife on, especially to stab; wound with a knife.
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  • Your knife is the kind of knife the police doctor thinks was used. —  The Rising of the Moon - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 18: 1945
  • The same knife was later given to the police by his girlfriend, although Chisen said his knife was actually of a different color.
  • "I didn't know where the knife was at that point."
  • Ferran Adria on why the knife is the most essential tool in your kitchen.
  • Among the weapons systems coming under the knife are the F-22 Raptor, and the VH-71 —  Stars and Stripes
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sword ·  dagger ·  weapon ·  stick ·  tool ·  spear ·  clothe ·  arrow ·  piece ·  tooth ·  bottle ·  axe

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knife:   knives

Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English knif, from Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knīfr.

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  1. from Middle English knif, knyf (plural knives, knyves), from Anglo-Saxon crīf (found but once, in a gloss; the usual word for ‘knife’ was seax) = Dutch knijf = Middle Low German knīf, Low German knif (later G. kneif; also French canif) = Icelandic knīfr = Danish kniv = Swedish knif, a knife; cf. Middle Low German knip, a knife; Middle High German gnippe, genippe, a kind of knife, dagger. Referred by Skeat to root of knip, now nip: see nip.
  2. from knife, n.
 

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