knife
verb/naɪf/
/naɪf/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they knife | /naɪf/ /naɪf/ |
| he / she / it knifes | /naɪfs/ /naɪfs/ |
| past simple knifed | /naɪft/ /naɪft/ |
| past participle knifed | /naɪft/ /naɪft/ |
| -ing form knifing | /ˈnaɪfɪŋ/ /ˈnaɪfɪŋ/ |
- knife somebody to injure or kill somebody with a knife synonym stab
- She knifed him in the back.
Word Originlate Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr, of Germanic origin.Definitions on the go
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