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knife
English
Alternative forms
- (noun): knyfe (obsolete)
- (plural): knifes (nonstandard)
- (verb): knive (uncommon)
Etymology
From Middle English knyf, knif, from late Old English cn?f, from Old Norse knífr (compare Danish/Swedish/Norwegian kniv), North Frisian Knif from Proto-Germanic *kn?baz (compare Low German Knief, Luxembourgish Knäip (“penknife”)), from *kn?pan? (“to pinch”) (compare Dutch knijpen, Low German kniepen, Old High German gniffen), from Proto-Indo-European *gneyb?- (compare Lithuanian gnýbti, žnýbti (“to pinch”), gnaibis (“pinching”)). Replaced Middle English sax (“knife”) from Old English seax (“knife, dagger”), and replaced Middle English coutel, qwetyll (“knife”) from Old French coutel (“knife”).
The verb knife is attested since the mid 1800s; the variant knive is attested since 1733.
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?f, IPA(key): /na?f/
- Rhymes: -a?f
Noun
knife (plural knives)
- A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
- 2007, Scott Smith, The Ruins, page 273
- Jeff was bent low over the backboard, working with the knife, a steady sawing motion, his shirt soaked through with sweat.
- 2007, Scott Smith, The Ruins, page 273
- A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.
- Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Portuguese: naifa
- Sranan Tongo: nefi
Translations
See also
- athame
- bayonet
- bistoury
- cake slice, cake-slice
- dagger
- poniard
- scalpel
- stiletto
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Verb
knife (third-person singular simple present knifes, present participle knifing, simple past and past participle knifed)
- (transitive) To cut with a knife.
- (transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.
- (intransitive) To cut through as if with a knife.
- (transitive) To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
- (transitive) To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. compare cut
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Finke
Middle English
Noun
knife
- Alternative form of knyf
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ecraseur
English
Alternative forms
- écraseur
Etymology
French écraseur (“crusher”).
Noun
ecraseur (plural ecraseurs)
- (surgery) A surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.
Anagrams
- saucerer
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