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.. [1913 Webster] 2. A sword or dagger. [1913 Webster] The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Knives \Knives\, n. pl. of {Knife}. See {Knife}. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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}
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