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knifes

/naɪfs/

knifes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knife.

knifes is the plural of knife.

Meaning of knife

Verb

knife (third-person singular simple present knifes, present participle knifing, simple past and past participle knifed)

  1. (transitive) To cut with a knife.
  2. (transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.
    • She was repeatedly knifed in the chest.
  3. (intransitive) To cut through as if with a knife.
    • The boat knifed through the water.
  4. (transitive) To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
  5. (transitive) To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.

See all 8 meanings of knife

Phrases with knifes

Questions about knifes

What is knifes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knifes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knife.
How do you pronounce knifes?
Knifes is pronounced /naɪfs/.

Words near knifes in the dictionary

  1. knifepoints
  2. knifeproof
  3. knifer
  4. knifers
  5. knifery
  6. knifes
  7. knifes up
  8. knifesman
  9. knifesmen
  10. knifesmith
  11. knifesmiths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: knifes (page history and authors); knife (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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