Main Entry:

²knife

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

knifed; knif·ing

Date:

1865

transitive verb1: to use a knife on ; specifically : to stab, slash, or wound with a knife2: to cut, mark, or spread with a knife3: to try to defeat by underhanded means4: to move like a knife in <birds knifing the autumn sky>intransitive verb: to cut a way with or as if with a knife blade <the cruiser knifed through the heavy seas>