Main Entry: ²knife

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): knifed; knif·ing

Date: 1865

transitive verb 1 : to use a knife on; specifically : to stab, slash, or wound with a knife
2 : to cut, mark, or spread with a knife
3 : to try to defeat by underhanded means
4 : 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>