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| knives |
pl. of knife. |
| lancet |
a small, sharp, two-edged surgical knife used for small incisions or opening boils or abscesses. |
| lanyard |
a cord or rope used to suspend small objects, such as a whistle, knife, or key from the neck, shoulder, or belt. [1/4 definitions] |
| machete |
a knife with a wide heavy blade, used esp. in the tropics to cut crops and clear paths, and as a weapon. |
| mumbletypeg |
a children's game in which the players toss a knife in various prescribed ways, trying to stick the blade in the ground, with the loser having to withdraw a peg from the ground with his or her teeth. |
| panga |
a large, broad-bladed African knife used as a cutting tool or weapon. |
| paper knife |
a knife with a long dull blade that is used to open mail or separate the uncut pages of a book. |
| paring knife |
a small knife with a short blade used especially for peeling the skin of vegetables and fruits, and also for coring and other high-precision cutting tasks. |
| penknife |
a small folding knife. |
| pith |
to kill by directly destroying brain or spinal cord tissue, as with a knife or wire. [1/5 definitions] |
| pocketknife |
a compact knife with a blade or blades that fold into the handle. |
| scalpel |
a small, light knife with a thin sharp blade, used. esp. in surgical operations. |
| serrated |
having notches or grooves in the edge, as a knife. |
| sheath |
a tightfitting case for the blade of a sword, knife, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| sheathe |
to put (a sword, knife, or the like) into a sheath. [1/2 definitions] |
| sheath knife |
a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath. |
| slash |
to cut or strike with violent, sweeping, and sometimes random strokes, as with a knife. [1/9 definitions] |
| slice |
to use a knife or the like to cut into or across. [1/11 definitions] |
| spreader |
a small knife used for spreading; butter knife. [1/4 definitions] |
| stab |
to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed implement, esp. a knife. [2/6 definitions] |
| tang |
a long, thin, and often pointed projection on a tool such as a chisel or knife, for attaching the blade to the handle. [1/3 definitions] |
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