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knived

knived is the alternative form of knifed.

knived is the simple past and past participle of knive.

Meaning of knifed

Adjective

knifed (not comparable)

  1. Having been cut or stabbed with a knife.
    • These reports show no difference, or, at all events, no significant difference, between the lambs that were seared and those which were knifed, at any of the weighings. Any difference is in favour of the knifed lambs, but it would be a mistake to attach much importance to this result particularly...1911, Bulletin of the Bureau of Agricultural Intelligence and of Plant-Diseases, volume 2, numbers 5-12, The Institute, page 2201
  2. (in-compounds) Wearing or carrying (a specified type of) knife (utensil or tool).
    • Ha! more times than a few had Monsieur John knocked down some long-haired and long-knifed rowdy, and kicked the breath out of him for looking saucily at her; but that was like him, he was so brave and kind;—and he is gone!1874 October, “’Tite Poulette”, in J[osiah] G[ilbert] Holland, editor, Scribner’s Monthly, an Illustrated Magazine for the People, volume VIII, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Scribner & Co., page 675...
  3. (in-compounds) Having a knife (blade-like part) of the specified type.
    • A short-knifed wheat header, such as is used in harvesting wheat and barley in California, if especially strongly built, has been suggested as a practicable contrivance.1921 December 16, F[rederick] G[eorge] Krauss, The Pigeon Pea (Cajanus indicus): Its Culture and Utilization in Hawaii (Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station; Bulletin No. 46), Washington, D.C....

Origin of knived

From knife + -ed, with -f- changed to -v- as in the plural knives.

From knive + -ed.

Phrases with knived

Questions about knived

What is knived the alternative form of?
Knived is the alternative form of knifed.

Words near knived in the dictionary

  1. knitwise
  2. knitwork
  3. knitworks
  4. knive
  5. knive up
  6. knived
  7. knived up
  8. knives
  9. knives up
  10. knivesful
  11. knivesman

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