Image:4Messer_fcm.jpg|thumb|right|150px|a few kitchen knives: chef's knife, bread knife, steak knife, and paring knife
English

Noun
en-noun|knives

1. A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
2. A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.
3. Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as the knives for a chipper.

Derived terms
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butterknife
carving knife
flick knife
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jack-knife
knife fight
penknife
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pocketknife
steak knife
Swiss Army Knife
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Translations
trans-top|utensil or tool designed for cutting
Arabic: ARchar|س��� (sikkí:n) m|f, ARchar|�د�ة (mudya) f
Catalan: ganivet m
Cree: �����
Czech: t+|cs|nůž|m
Danish: t-|da|kniv|c
Dutch: t+|nl|mes|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|tran�ilo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|veitsi, t+|fi|puukko
French: t+|fr|couteau|m
German: t+|de|Messer|n
Greek: t|el|μα�αί�ι|n|s|sc=Grek (machéri)
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Hebrew: ס��� (sakín) f
Icelandic: t-|is|hnífur|m
Japanese: t-|ja|���|trnaifu|scJAchar
Kurdish: t+|ku|�����|sc=KUchar
Latvian: t-|lv|nazis|m|xs=Latvian
Maltese: sikkina f
Occitan: cotèl m
Ojibwe: mookomaan
Polish: t+|pl|nóż|m
Russian: нож (nož) m
Slovene: t+|sl|nož|m
Swedish: t+|sv|kniv|c
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trans-top|weapon
Arabic: ARchar|خ�جر (khinjar) m
Czech: t+|cs|nůž|m
Danish: t-|da|kniv|c
Dutch: t+|nl|mes|n
Finnish: t+|fi|puukko, t+|fi|veitsi
French: t+|fr|couteau|m
German: t+|de|Messer|n
Greek: t|el|μα�αί�ι|n|s|sc=Grek (machéri)
Icelandic: t-|is|hnífur|m
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Japanese: JAchar|��� (naifu), JAchar|�� (�����, sh�t�)
Kurdish: KUchar|�����
Latvian: t-|lv|nazis|m|xs=Latvian
Ojibwe: mookomaan
Polish: t+|pl|nóż|m
Russian: нож (nož) m
Slovene: t+|sl|nož|m
Swedish: t+|sv|dolk|c, t+|sv|kniv|c
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trans-top|any blade-like part designed for cutting
Arabic: ARchar|�ص� (nasl) m, ARchar|ش�رة (shafra) f
Danish: t-|da|kniv|c
Dutch: t+|nl|mes, t-|nl|lemmet
Finnish: t-|fi|terä, t+|fi|veitsi
French: t+|fr|couteau|m
German: t+|de|Messer|n
Icelandic: t-|is|hnífur|m
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Latvian: t-|lv|nazis|m|xs=Latvian
Ojibwe: mookomaan
Polish: t+|pl|nóż|m
Russian: нож (nož) m, лезвие (l'ézvije) n
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ttbc|Slovak: nôž m
ttbc|Spanish: cuchillo m
ttbc|Swahili: kisu
ttbc|Swedish: kniv c
ttbc|Tagalog: kutsilyo
ttbc|Thai: THchar|มี� (mīt�)
ttbc|Telugu: �ా�� (��ku)
ttbc|Turkish: bıçak
ttbc|Ukrainian: н�ж (niž) m
ttbc|Vietnamese: dao
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See also
bayonet
bistoury
cake slice, cake-slice
dagger
poniard
scalpel
stiletto
pedialite

Verb
en-verb|knif|ing

1. transitive To cut with a knife.
2. transitive To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.
3. intransitive To cut through as if with a knife.
4. transitive To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
5. transitive To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. cf cut

Translations
trans-top|to use a knife to cut
Danish: t+|da|skære
Finnish: t+|fi|leikata
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Russian: t+|ru|�еза��|trr'ézat'|scCyrl
Swedish: t+|sv|skära
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trans-top|to use a knife to injure or kill
Danish: stikke med kniv
Finnish: t+|fi|puukottaa
Greek: t|el|μα�αι��ν�|sc=Grek (machairóno)
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Russian: п�и�еза�� (prir'ézat') impf, за�еза�� (zar'ézat') impf, заколо�� (zakolót') impf to stab
Swedish: hugga (med kniv)
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trans-top|to cut through as if with a knife
Danish: skære
Finnish: t+|fi|leikata
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Swedish: t+|sv|skära
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ttbc|Spanish: acuchillar
ttbc|Swedish: knivhugga
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Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Cutlery
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:Weapons

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• 2007-12-18 04:05 - Tbot - added t for ku, da, ru

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