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Examples of knife in a Sentence
Each dinner guest gets two forks, a knife, and a spoon.
He pulled a knife on me and threatened to stab me with it.
Recent Examples of knife from the Web
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Run a knife through the batter to release any air bubbles.
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Age-appropriate tools will be provided, but ovens or sharp knives will not be used.
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Kvitova pulled out because of an abdominal injury, a day after winning the Aegon Classic for her first title since her playing hand was injured in a knife attack in December.
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Three men carried out the attack using a rental van and knives as weapons.
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Sondgeroth's affadavit says the knife Ftouhi used had a green handle and a black serrated blade and was marked Amazon jungle Survival Knife.
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Glen Ellyn police received several reports of parked cars being burglarized in May. A folding knife was reported stolen from a car parked in the 0 to 100 block of Main Street on May 22.
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New York mayor Bill de Blasio made headlines in 2014 when he was photographed eating pizza with a knife and fork.
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When Officer Steven McFall, 41, arrived at the scene, the prosecutor said Wilson-Salzl charged the officer with a butcher knife.
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Origin and Etymology of knife
Middle English knif, from Old English cnīf, perhaps from Old Norse knīfr; akin to Middle Low German knīf knife
knife
Definition of knife
knifed
;knifing
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
Examples of knife in a Sentence
He died after being knifed in the chest.
ships knifing through the waves
First Known Use of knife
1865
KNIFE Defined for English Language Learners
knife
playDefinition of knife for English Language Learners
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: a usually sharp blade attached to a handle that is used for cutting or as a weapon
knife
Definition of knife for English Language Learners
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: to injure (someone) with a knife
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: to move easily and quickly like a knife cutting through something
KNIFE Defined for Kids
Definition of knife for Students
knives
\ˈnīvz\1 : a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade fastened to a handle
2 : a cutting blade in a machine
Definition of knife for Students
knifes
;knifed
;knifing
: to stab, slash, or wound with a knife
Medical Dictionary
knife
playMedical Definition of knife
knives
\ˈnīvz\play1: any of various instruments used in surgery primarily to sever tissues: asa: a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handleb: an instrument that cuts by means of an electric current
2: surgery 3—usually used in the phrase under the knife went under the knife yesterday was afraid of the knife
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