Definitions for knives

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knives knives

Spelling: [nahyvz]

IPA: /naɪvz/

Knives is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in knives (eiknsv).

Definitions for knives

noun

1. plural of knife.
2. an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
3. a knifelike weapon; dagger or short sword.
4. 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 knives

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

Examples for knives

They wielded baseball bats and knives, yelling “Jews, Jews, Jews” as they carried out the attacks.

Some had knives pressed against their throats for what seemed like an hour.

Men with knives had abducted members of a group sent there to spread awareness about the disease.

Why should they brighten their tomahawks and sharpen their knives against each other?

The arms of the pale faces are long, and their knives sharp!

Bill, full name William Poole, was a real life butcher, skilled with knives and raised in the art of street fighting.

He made signs for me to give him the knife, but I could not, as we were very short of knives.

Then she picked one of the knives from the bucket and handed it to him.

An angry mob brandishing machetes, stones, and knives lashed out.

Here my mistress met me with a double allowance of knives to clean.