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Definitions for Knifelike

[1] an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
[2] a knifelike weapon; dagger or short sword.
[3] any blade for cutting, as in a tool or machine.
[4] to apply a knife to; cut, stab, etc., with a knife.
[5] to attempt to defeat or undermine in a secret or underhanded way.
[6] to move or cleave through something with or as if with a knife: The ship knifed through the heavy seas.
[7] under the knife , in surgery; undergoing a medical operation: The patient was under the knife for four hours.
[8] a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp-edged often pointed blade of metal fitted into a handle or onto a machine
[9] a similar instrument used as a weapon
[10] have one's knife in someone to have a grudge against or victimize someone
[11] twist the knife to make a bad situation worse in a deliberately malicious way
[12] the knives are out for someone British people are determined to harm or put a stop to someone the knives are out for Stevens
[13] under the knife undergoing a surgical operation
[14] to cut, stab, or kill with a knife
[15] to betray, injure, or depose in an underhand way

Words related to Knifelike

knifebayonet, dagger, blade, sword, skewer, machete, sickle, cutter, scalpel, lance, steel, shank, point, edge, cutlass, sabre, switchblade, scythe, bolo, stiletto

Words nearby Knifelike

knifeknickers, knickknack, knickpoint, knies, kniest syndrome, knife, knife box, knife edge, knife grinder, knife pleat, knife rest

Origin of Knifelike

before 1100; Middle English knif, Old English cnīf; cognate with Dutch knijf, German Kneif, Old Norse knīfr

Other words from Knifelike

knife·like , adjective
knif·er , noun

Word origin for Knifelike

Old English cnīf; related to Old Norse knīfr, Middle Low German knīf

Synonyms for Knifelike

aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, gnawing, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, lancinating, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, shooting, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stabbing, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted