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 knifeK0089300 (nīf)n. pl. knives (nīvz) 1.  A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handle.2.  A cutting edge; a blade.v. knifed, knif·ing, knifes v.tr.1.  To use a knife on, especially to stab; wound with a knife.2.  Informal To betray or attempt to defeat by underhand means.v.intr. To cut or slash a way through something with or as if with a knife: The boat knifed through the waves.Idiom:  under the knife Informal  Undergoing surgery.[Middle English knif, from Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knīfr.]
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