knife
noun
an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
knifes
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present tense formof knife (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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And then he retraced his steps across the 150-foot wide thoroughfare that knifes through the heart of the city along what once was the Red Car line of the Pacific Electric Railway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Take Can a woman win the election: a sly, mean, ego-saving little canard that knifes both its subject and its verb in order to spare the real actor here.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2020
I picture her crumpling into the nearest chair the way one sometimes does when bad news knifes through that thin veil of hope mixed with denial.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2016
From aged three to about seven or eight, we don't let the children go near the cooker or use sharp knifes - maybe just a round-ended knife.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2013
The fluorescent light knifes me in the eyes, and the smell of pies and sauce makes me want to vomit.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
