Dictionary Entry
knife
knife is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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.. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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..
- 2noun
A sword or dagger.
- 3transitive verb
To prune with the knife.
- 4transitive verb
To cut or stab with a knife.
- 5noun
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
- 6noun
a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
- 7noun
any long thin projection that is transient
"tongues of flame licked at the walls"
"rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
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- 8verb
use a knife on
"The victim was knifed to death"
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