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English to English noun
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edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle |  | source: wordnet30
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a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point | | source: wordnet30
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any long thin projection that is transient | | Example: tongues of flame licked at the walls
rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark
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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.. | | source: webster1913 verb
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use a knife on | | Example: The victim was knifed to death
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To prune with the knife. | | source: webster1913
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Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a candidate of one's own party). | | source: webster1913
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