knife

Etymology
From, , from late , from , from , from , (compare 🇨🇬, , ). Displaced native from ; and,  from.

The verb knife is attested since the mid 1800s; the variant is attested since 1733.

Noun

 * 1) A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
 * 2) A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.
 * 3) Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
 * 1) Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.

Verb

 * 1)  To cut with a knife.
 * 2)  To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.
 * 3)  To cut through as if with a knife.
 * 4)  To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
 * 5)  To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.
 * 1)  To cut through as if with a knife.
 * 2)  To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
 * 3)  To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.
 * 1)  To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
 * 2)  To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.