knive
/naɪv/
knive is the rare form of knife.
Meaning of knife
Verb
knife (third-person singular simple present knifes, present participle knifing, simple past and past participle knifed)
- To cut with a knife.
- 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.
- To cut through as if with a knife.
- The boat knifed through the water.
- To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
- Synonyms:
- burn, quisle, stab in the back, assfuck, betray, cop out, cross out, cross up, double-cross, do someone dirty
- To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.
Forms of knive
| third-person singular present | knives |
|---|---|
| present participle | kniving |
| past participle | knived |
| past | knived |
Origin of knive
Attested since at least 1733. Knife (verb), which is now 150 times more common, is first attested in the 1860s. Related to knife (“short blade”, noun); compare strife (noun), strive (verb).
Words formed from knive
Words that rhyme with knive
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Questions about knive
- What is knive the rare form of?
- Knive is the rare form of knife.
- How do you pronounce knive?
- Knive is pronounced /naɪv/.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: knive (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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