- an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- a knifelike weapon; dagger or short sword.
- any blade for cutting, as in a tool or machine.
- to apply a knife to; cut, stab, etc., with a knife.
- to attempt to defeat or undermine in a secret or underhanded way.
- to move or cleave through something with or as if with a knife: The ship knifed through the heavy seas.
- in surgery; undergoing a medical operation: The patient was under the knife for four hours.
- a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp-edged often pointed blade of metal fitted into a handle or onto a machine
- a similar instrument used as a weapon
- to have a grudge against or victimize someone
- to make a bad situation worse in a deliberately malicious way
- people are determined to harm or put a stop to someone
- undergoing a surgical operation
- to cut, stab, or kill with a knife
- to betray, injure, or depose in an underhand way