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Synonyms for knife
naɪf; naɪvzknife
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Princeton's WordNet
knifenoun
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
Synonyms:
tongueknifenoun
a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
Synonyms:
tonguetongue, knifeverb
any long thin projection that is transient
"tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
Synonyms:
tongue, natural language, glossa, lingua, spit, clapperknife, stabverb
use a knife on
"The victim was knifed to death"
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
knifenoun
Synonyms:
dagger, stiletto, dirk, poniard, bowie-knife, misericorde, anlace, yataghan, machete, bolo, handjar, skean, creese, barong, sword, billhook, saber, scalpel, lancet, bistoury, jackknife, pen-knife, pocket-knifeAssociated words:
cutler, cutlery, sheath, sheathe, unsheathe, scabbard, cultrivorous, cultrate, cultriform, tang, scale, spring, blade, kick, spatula
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#5556 | blade | |
#5631 | knife | |
#6177 | tongue | |
#7472 | knives | |
#7788 | dig | |
#11122 | cutter | |
#12576 | prod | |
#12682 | razor | |
#17186 | spit | |
#19711 | stab | |
#20854 | poke | |
#21417 | dagger | |
#26059 | dao | |
#29512 | lingua | |
#31630 | jab | |
#52789 | messer | |
#53864 | shiv | |
#56617 | scalpel | |
#66005 | clapper | |
#283809 | glossa |
How to use knife in a sentence?
If someone was to try and break into my home, and especially if someone were armed, I don’t want to fight back with a kitchen knife, and I don’t think that’s extremist or crazy.
They gave me killer pills that knocked me on my ass for a few hours at least so I wouldn’t have to hear the godawful screaming. I’m exhausted and my blood boils and there’s nothing I can do. There was another life that seems so long ago and I try to reconstruct images, events, people, all just dreams tethered to the knife in my soul. This is my cross, my dagger, my napalm, my dance of the dead…
Throughout this journey, he repeatedly opened fire with a handgun and used a knife which he both used to seriously injure and kill.
So I have a belt: Somebody hits me with a belt, it's going in because the belt moves this way. It moves this way, it moves that way, he hit the belt buckle. Anybody have a knife? Want to try it on me? Believe me, it ain't gonna work. You're going to be successful, but he took the knife and went like this and he plunged it into the belt and, amazing, the belt stayed totally flat and the knife broke.
We could have a Conservative majority government which will get Brexit done and unleash Britain's potential, this election is our chance to end the gridlock but the result is on a knife-edge.
Translations for knife
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- ацҳаAbkhaz
- mes, lemAfrikaans
- ቢላAmharic
- cuitielloAragonese
- خنجر, سكين, مدية, نصل, شفرةArabic
- нусAvaric
- bıçaq, kəsməkAzerbaijani
- бысаҡBashkir
- ножBelarusian
- ножBulgarian
- ছুরি, চাকুBengali
- ཀ་ཀྲ་ལTibetan Standard
- kontellBreton
- coltell, ganivet, punyal, daga, acoltellar, apunyalarCatalan, Valencian
- урсChechen
- ᒨᐦᑯᒫᓐCree
- nůžCzech
- ножьOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- cyllellWelsh
- kniv, skære, stikkeDanish
- MesserGerman
- ވަޅިDivehi
- μαχαίρι, μαχαιρώνω, λεπίδαGreek
- tranĉiloEsperanto
- cuchillo, puñal, acuchillarSpanish
- nugaEstonian
- labana, aiztoBasque
- کارد, چاقو, خنجر, تیغPersian
- terä, veitsi, puukko, leikata, puukottaaFinnish
- knívurFaroese
- couteau, frapper d'un coup de couteauFrench
- mesWestern Frisian
- scianIrish
- sgianScottish Gaelic
- coitelo, acoitelarGalician
- kyseGuaraní
- છરીGujarati
- skynnManx
- wukaHausa
- סכיןHebrew
- छुरी, चाक़ू, चाकूHindi
- késHungarian
- դանակArmenian
- cultelloInterlingua
- pisauIndonesian
- cultelloInterlingue
- nmaIgbo
- savikInupiaq
- kulteloIdo
- hnífurIcelandic
- lama, accoltellare, coltelloItalian
- ᓴᕕᒃ, savikInuktitut
- ナイフ, 短剣, 小刀, 刀Japanese
- დანაკიGeorgian
- пышақKazakh
- savikKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- កាំបិតKhmer
- ಕತ್ತಿ, ಚಾಕುKannada
- 나이프, 칼Korean
- бычакKyrgyz
- culterLatin
- MesserLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ມີດLao
- peilisLithuanian
- nazisLatvian
- нож, сече, режеMacedonian
- കത്തിMalayalam
- хутгаMongolian
- सुरीMarathi
- pisauMalay
- sikkinaMaltese
- ဓားBurmese
- knivNorwegian
- mes, lemmetDutch
- knivNorwegian Nynorsk
- knivbladNorwegian
- bééshNavajo, Navaho
- cotèlOccitan
- mookomaanOjibwe, Ojibwa
- ଛୁରୀOriya
- кардOssetian, Ossetic
- ਚਾਕੂPanjabi, Punjabi
- nóżPolish
- چاقوPashto, Pushto
- faca, [[cortar]] [[com]] ([[uma]]) [[faca]], esfaquearPortuguese
- cuntellarRomansh
- im-bugitaKirundi
- cuțit, a da o lovitură de cuțitRomanian
- нож, финка, тесак, порезать, заколоть, перо, резать, лезвие, прирезать, зарезатьRussian
- imbugitaKinyarwanda
- छुरीSanskrit
- چاقونSindhi
- nož, ножSerbo-Croatian
- දණහිසSinhala, Sinhalese
- nôžSlovak
- nožSlovene
- thikëAlbanian
- thipaSouthern Sotho
- kniv, skära, dolk, huggaSwedish
- kisu, makali ya kisuSwahili
- கத்திTamil
- కత్తిTelugu
- чоқу, кордTajik
- มีดThai
- pyçakTurkmen
- kampit, kutsilyoTagalog
- thipaTswana
- bıçakTurkish
- пычакTatar
- پىچاقUyghur, Uighur
- лезо, ніжUkrainian
- چھری, چاقوUrdu
- pichoqUzbek
- dao, con dao, 刀Vietnamese
- couteaWalloon
- imelaXhosa
- מעסערYiddish
- ummeseZulu
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