-knives

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knife \Knife\ (n[imac]f), n.; pl. {Knives} (n[imac]vz). [OE.
     knif, AS. cn[imac]f; akin to D. knijf, Icel. kn[imac]fr, Sw.
     knif, Dan. kniv.]
     1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel
        and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle,
        but of many different forms and names for different uses;


        as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife,
        pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc..
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     2. A sword or dagger.
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              The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. --Shak.
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     {Knife grass} (Bot.) a tropical American sedge ({Scleria
        latifolia}), having leaves with a very sharp and hard
        edge, like a knife.
  
     {War to the knife}, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the
        last extremity.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knives \Knives\,
     n. pl. of {Knife}. See {Knife}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pocketknife \Pock"et*knife`\, n.; pl. {-knives}.
     A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle
     so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  knife
       n 1: edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade
            with a sharp edge and a handle
       2: a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
       3: any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of
          flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives
          of fire into the dark" [syn: {tongue}]
       v : use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn: {stab}]
       [also: {knives} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  knives
       See {knife}