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KNIFES
Verb
knifes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knife
Noun
knifes
(nonstandard) plural of knife
Usage notes
• The standard plural is knives.
Anagrams
• Finkes
Source: Wiktionary
KNIFE
Knife, n.; pl. Knives. Etym: [OE. knif, AS. cnif; akin to D. knijf, Icel. knifr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.]
1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc.
2. A sword or dagger. The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. Shak. Knife grass (Bot.) a tropical American sedge (Scleria latifolia), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife.
– War to the knife, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity.
Knife, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knifed; p. pr. & vb. n. Knifing.]
1. (Hort.)
Definition: To prune with the knife.
2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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