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Meaning of knife | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent

naɪf

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A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger.
blade of knife
To cut or slash a way through something with or as if with a knife: The boat knifed through the waves.
Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
Undergoing surgery.
under the knife, undergoing surgery.
to stab with a knife. He knifed her in the back. steek يَطْعَن بالسِّكّين промушвам esfaquear bodnout erstechen stikke ned μαχαιρώνωacuchillar, apuñalar pussitama با چاقو زدن puukottaa donner un coup de couteau לִדקוֹר בְּסַכִּין चाकू से मारना ubosti nožem megkésel menikam stinga með hnífi accoltellare, dare una coltellata ナイフで刺す 칼로 찌르다 nudurti peiliu nodurt ar nazi menikam dengan pisau doorstekendolke, stikke med kniv uderzyć nożem په چاړه وهل esfaquear a da o lovitură de cuţit пырнуть ножом...
cuchillo.
A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handle.
A cutting edge; a blade.
To use a knife on, especially to stab; wound with a knife.
Informal To betray or attempt to defeat by underhand means.
Informal
(Cookery) a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp-edged often pointed blade of metal fitted into a handle or onto a machine

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Afrikaans mes

العربية السّكّين خنجر سچين سكين سكينة شفرة مدية موس موسى نصل

Azərbaycanca bıçaq bıçaqlamaq çaqqı

Беларуская нож

Български нож пробождам режа

বাংলা চাকু ছুরি

བོད་སྐད ཀ་ཀྲ་ལ གྲི

Bosanski bičak faca imela keš kišu kosa kosa mora mora nož nožić tera бичак до до до нож ножић перо

Català acoltellar apunyalar coltell daga ganivet punyal tallar

Čeština kudla nůž

Cymraeg cyllell

Dansk kniv skære

Deutsch Mässer Messer Messern

Ελληνικά κανίφι λεπίδα μαχαίρι μαχαιρώνω

Esperanto tranĉilo

Español acuchillar cuchillo puñal serranil

Eesti lõikama nuga püss tera

Euskara aizto labana

فارسی پچق تیغ چاقو خنجر کارد

Suomi kuras leikata mora puukko puukottaa slaikka tera veitsi

Français couteau frapper d'un coup de couteau

Gaeilge scian

Gàidhlig sgian

Galego acoitelar canivete coitelo faca

ગુજરાતી છરી

Hausa wuƙa

עברית אזמל סכין

हिन्दी क्षुरी चाक़ू छुरी

Hrvatski bičak faca imela keš kišu kosa kosa mora mora nož nožić tera бичак до до до нож ножић перо

Magyar kés késel

Հայերեն դանակ

Bahasa Indonesia abir lading pisau

Íslenska hnífur

Italiano accoltellare coltello lama

日本語ナイフまぎり刀小刀短剣

ქართული დანა

Қазақша пышақ

ខ្មែរ កាំបិត

ಕನ್ನಡ ಕತ್ತಿ ಚಾಕು

한국어 釼 나이프 도 칼

Kurdî dolk kes lama meş têra têra

Кыргызча бычак

Latina cnifus culter gladiolus

Lëtzebuergesch Messer

Lingála mbɛlí

ລາວ ພ້າ ມີດ

Lietuvių peilis

Latviešu nazis

Македонски нож реже сече

മലയാളം കത്തി

Монгол хутга

मराठी सुरी

Bahasa Melayu pisau

Malti sikkina

မြန်မာဘာသာ ဓား

नेपाली चक्कु

Nederlands lemmet mes

ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଛୁରୀ

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਚਾਕੂ

Polski bagnet kosa nóż

Português cortar cortar com faca (uma) esfaquear faca

Română cuțit

Русский заколоть зарезать лезвие нож ножик перо порезать прире́зать резать тесак финка

Ikinyarwanda icuma icyuma

සිංහල දණහිස පිහිය

Slovenčina nôž

Slovenščina nož

Soomaali mindi

Shqip thikë

Српски bičak faca imela keš kišu kosa kosa mora mora nož nožić tera бичак до до до нож ножић перо

Sesotho thipa

Svenska dolk kniv kniva knivhugga skåra tjuring

Kiswahili kisu

தமிழ் கத்தி

తెలుగు కత్తి

Тоҷикӣ корд

ไทย พร้า มีด

Türkmençe pyçak

Tagalog kampit kutsilyo

Setswana thipa

Türkçe bıçak

ئۇيغۇرچە پىچاق

Українська лезо ніж ножовий

اردو چاقو چُھری

Oʻzbekcha pichoq

Tiếng Việt dao

Wolof paaka

IsiXhosa imela

中文 до 刀刀子

ZH-TW 刀刀子

IsiZulu ummese

Examples

“He was looking for a knife to chop some steak.”

“Jeff was bent low over the backboard, working with the knife, a steady sawing motion, his shirt soaked through with sweat.”

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Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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