Knife

Knife - Other Definitions

• (n.) 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..
  
  
• (n.) A sword or dagger.
  
  
• (v. t.) To prune with the knife.
  
  
• (v. t.) To cut or stab with a knife.