Definitions for knifes

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knifes knife

Spelling: [nahyf]

IPA: /naɪf/

Knifes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in knifes (efikns).

Definitions for knifes

noun

1. an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
2. a knifelike weapon; dagger or short sword.
3. any blade for cutting, as in a tool or machine.

Idioms

1. under the knife, in surgery; undergoing a medical operation:

verb (used with object)

1. to apply a knife to; cut, stab, etc., with a knife.
2. to attempt to defeat or undermine in a secret or underhanded way.

verb (used without object)

1. to move or cleave through something with or as if with a knife:

Origin of knifes

before 1100; Middle English knif, Old English cnīf; cognate with Dutch knijf, German Kneif, Old Norse knīfr

Examples for knifes

Now Ive got to shut down one lathe till the other knifes ground down.

I see 'ow it was; Duran knifes the man, steals the kid, and 'as me to run; and 'ee stays be'ind to 'elp put the blyme on me.

He is always as good as his word, and his promises are engraved with the knifes point.

Quivering in the very center of its upper panel was a small knife, and impaled on the knifes blade was the macaroon.

Many of them, she said, were carrying stones and knifes in their handbags and backpacks, and weren't the least bit afraid.

So what do we get—we get knifes in the faces, saps on the head—a concussion, you tell me!

Then he leaps forward alone—he has taken his boots off—and knifes the Priest.

Give us some plates, any knifes, and some forks, rinse the glasses.

Do you think any of those old Aztec priests, with their knifes of glass, will sacrifice you on a stone altar?