KNIFE

I. noun (plural knives) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English knif, from Old English cnīf, perhaps from Old Norse knīfr; akin to Middle Low German knīf ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade fastened to a handle, a weapon resembling a ~, a sharp cutting blade or tool in a machine, surgery 4, ~like adjective II. verb (~d; knifing) Date: 1865 transitive verb to use a ~ on, to cut, mark, or spread with a ~, to try to defeat by underhanded means, to move like a ~ in , intransitive verb to cut a way with or as if with a ~ blade