Thesaurus: knife

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1. n. 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..
2. n. A sword or dagger.
3. v. t. To prune with the knife.
4. v. t. To cut or stab with a knife.
5. n. edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
6. n. a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
7. n. any long thin projection that is transient
8. v. use a knife on
9. 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. 2. A sword or dagger. The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. Shak. 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. 1. (Hort.) To prune with the knife. 2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low]
10. v:2/n:98 n. edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle n. a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point v. use a knife on