knife
noun
an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
knifed
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past participleof knife.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof knife.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
knifenounan instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
Example Sentences
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The season was hanging by a thread a few minutes later as Yates knifed through a crowd of Rutgers defenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
Al-Shifa was the same hospital where Jihad had been born five months earlier — five months of searching all day for a little food, of nearly getting knifed over a little flour.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
The quick dives of harbor porpoise, with their tiny dorsal, knifed the water.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
He pointed his arms to the clear spring sky, knifed by the vapor trails of passing airplanes.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2023
Without a moment to lose, the ladies tucked their wings close and knifed toward the ground.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
