Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To cut with a knife.

    use a knife on

  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.

    She was repeatedly knifed in the chest.

    messern

    ре́затьrézatʹ, поре́затьporézatʹ, прире́затьprirézatʹ

  3. (intransitive)To cut through as if with a knife.

    The boat knifed through the water.

  4. (transitive)To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.

  5. (transitive)To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.

Examples

1348 sentences
  1. She killed him with a knife.

    Вона зарізала його ножем.

    ruОна зарезала его ножом.

    deSie hat ihn mit einem Messer umgebracht.

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  2. Tom cut himself with a knife.

    Том порвався ножем.

    ruТом порезался ножом.

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  3. Why do you need a knife?

    Навіщо тобі ніж?

    ruЗачем тебе нож?

    deWozu brauchst du denn ein Messer?

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  4. Why did you need a knife?

    Навіщо тобі був потрібний ніж?

    ruЗачем тебе был нужен нож?

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  5. Why does Tom need a knife?

    Навіщо Тому ніж?

    ruЗачем Тому нож?

    deWarum braucht Tom ein Messer?

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to use a knife to cut:
to use a knife to injure or kill:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to use a knife to injure or kill:

Origin

From Middle English knyf, knif, from late Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr or Proto-

From Middle English knyf, knif, from late Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr or Proto-West Germanic *knīb, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from *knīpaną (“to pinch”), Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ- (compare Lithuanian gnýbti, žnýbti (“to pinch”), gnaibis (“pinching”)). Displaced native Middle English sax (“knife”), from Old English seax; and Middle English coutel, qwetyll (“knife”) from Old French coutel.

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Forms

knifes, knifing, knifed, knifed
Base formknife · to knife
3rd person singularknifes
Present participleknifing
Past simpleknifed
Past participleknifed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyknife
he, she, itknifes

Past simpleLesson

all personsknifed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave knifed
he, she, ithas knifed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill knife

Synonyms

26 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedknife up

Collocations

12 patterns
  • with a knife
  • had a knife
  • knife in his
  • sharpened the knives
  • a knife in
  • knife wasn't sharp
  • holding a knife
  • sharpen these knives
  • play with knives
  • knife and fork
  • this knife is
  • kitchen knife

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
knife — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto