Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "knife" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

back backpack drawer drawer in kitchen ex husbands back fishing boat kitchen kitchen drawer knife block knife holder knife store plate pocket sheath silverware drawer stabbing victim table war

Capable Of

butter bread butter bred butter piece of toast cut cut apple cut cake cut cheese cut leather cut man's hand cut most things cut tomatoe cut vegetables or fingers cutting food divide bread divide cake divide pie divide string feel sharp free one's soul harm living creatures hurt hurt dog kill quarter cake quarter piece of meat quarter soft solids saw bread spread butter spread butter on bread spread margarine spread peanut butter spread peanut butter on bread stick in ribs

Coordinate Terms

awl cake slice cake-slice cutting tool rapier sword

Derived Terms

Yellowknife before you can say knife bring a knife to a gunfight byknife catch a falling knife cut deeper than a knife cut like a knife cut with a knife and fork cyberknife did my back hurt your knife electroknife falling knife histoknife hot-knife knife and fork knife arch knife block knife control knife crime knife ear knife edge knife fight knife game knife grinder knife money knife pleat knife rest knife roll knife switch knife thrower knife twister knife up knife up knife urn knife wand knife-and-fork knife-boy knife-coloured knife-ear knife-edge knife-edge effect knife-handle knife-rest knife-twister knifeblade knifeboard knifecraft knifecrime knifefish knifeful knifegrinder knifehand knifejaw knifeless knifelike knifemaker knifemaking knifeman knifeplay knifepoint knifeproof knifer knifery knifesman knifesmith knifestory knifework knived knork like a hot knife through butter like a knife through butter microknife not the sharpest knife in the drawer paperknife shaving knife shove knife spife stick the knife in storyknife take a knife to a gunfight turn the knife turn the knife in the wound twist the knife twist the knife in the wound under the knife vibroknife war to the knife you could cut the air with a knife you could cut the atmosphere with a knife

Etymologically Related To

knive

Has Property

dangerous dull important for making food very useful to cut meat

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

arm cold weapon edge tool edged weapon injure projection tool weapon weapon system wound

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

007 knife Barlow knife Batangas knife Bolo knife Bowie knife Exacto knife Gurkha knife Khyber knife Lebsche knife Rambo knife Stanley knife Swiss Army knife Yakut knife Yakutian knife air knife athame ballistic knife banana knife bayonet bistoury boning knife boot knife bread knife bush knife butcher knife butcher's knife butchers' knife butter knife butterfly knife butterknife cane knife carpet knife carving knife case knife cheese knife chef's knife clasp knife clasp-knife clicking knife cook's knife craft knife dagger deer antler knife deer horn knife dinner knife dirk dirk knife diving knife drawing knife drawknife eating knife electric carving knife electric knife falling knife fascine knife fillet knife filleting knife fish knife fish-knife fixie flick knife flick-knife folder folding knife gamma knife grapefruit knife gravity knife hay knife herb knife hobby knife hunting knife jack-knife jack-knife barber kitchen knife leather knife linoleum knife machete marking knife molecular knife moon-knife neck knife oyster knife oyster-shucking knife painting knife palette knife paper knife paper-knife paring knife penknife petty knife pocket knife pocket-knife pocketknife poniard putty knife race knife radio knife rasing-knife reed knife riving knife scalpel scalping knife scrieve knife sheath knife sheath-knife shucking knife snow knife squash knife steak knife stiletto survival knife sushi knife switchblade table knife tanto knife throwing knife tomato knife trench knife twist of the knife utility knife voiding knife waiter's knife white handled knife zombie knife

Type Of (IsA)

band cutting implement edge tool manual tool speciality of thiers in france tool user powered device weapon

Made Of

steel

Manner Of

injure

Receives Action

found in kitchen sharp used as weapon

Related Terms

athame bayonet betray bistoury blade cake slice chipper cut cutter cutting dagger denigrate eating eating utensil edge handle ignore injure instrument kill political poniard scalpel sharp sharp edge sharpen silverware slash slate stab stiletto sword tool utensil weapon

Synonym Network

jackknife lance tongue

Used For

alter length of string or rope attaching to rifle attacking enemy boning breaking breaking down into pieces butchering butter buttering toast carving carving features carving initials carving wood chopping vegetables complementing spoon and fork completing place setting coring counting pills cracking open cut cut chicken cut food cut meat with cut rope cut steak cut string cutting cutting food cutting meat cutting steak cutting string decorating cake digging disect dividing eating food eating food off plate eating utensil engraving fighting filleting forceful moves gashing gouging hacking holding blades hollowing hurting opponent kill person killing kitchen work lacerating letting blood loosening making groove making hole making mark making models making pumpkin face mashing military purposes nicking notching open plastic package opening outdoors living pare apple pare apples paring parting peeling picking things out piercing playing throwing games pricking skin prying clams open prying open prying open can of paint prying things open prying things out putting butcher block removing labels ripping scoring scraping scratching scuffing self protection separating severing shaving skinning animals skinning fish slashing slicing slicing bread slitting spearing pieces splitting spreading spreading butter spreading cheese spreading jam spreading jelly spreading toppings stab stabbing taking off ends teach john bobbitt lesson threatening throwing at target tool in backpack tool in kitchen tool in shop trimming turning screw unraveling untangling working with wood wounding

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.