knives
Multiple Entries:knives knife
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
knives/nʌɪvz/
plural form of knife.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
knife/nʌɪf/
▶noun (pl. knives) a cutting instrument consisting of a blade fixed into a handle.
■ a cutting blade on a machine.
▶verb- 1 stab with a knife.
- 2 cut like a knife.
– phrases
before you can say knife informal very quickly.
get (or stick) the knife into (or in) informal be malicious or vindictive towards.
go (or be) under the knife informal have surgery.
before you can say knife informal very quickly.
get (or stick) the knife into (or in) informal be malicious or vindictive towards.
go (or be) under the knife informal have surgery.
– derivatives
knife-like adjective,
knifer noun.
knife-like adjective,
knifer noun.
– origin OE cnīf, from ON knífr, of Gmc origin.
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