knifelike

Definition of Knifelike in English :

Adjective

1. knifelike

cutting or able to cut as if with a knife

2. acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp

having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

Example Sentences:
'an acute observer of politics and politicians'
'incisive comments'
'icy knifelike reasoning'
'as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang'
'penetrating insight'
'frequent penetrative observations'

3. cutting, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbing

painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

Example Sentences:
'a cutting wind'
'keen winds'
'knifelike cold'
'piercing knifelike pains'
'piercing cold'
'piercing criticism'
'a stabbing pain'
'lancinating pain'

4. knifelike

having a sharp or distinct edge

Example Sentences:
'a narrow knifelike profile'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Knifelike

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nounWord forms: plural knives (naɪvz )

a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp-edged often pointed blade of metal fitted into a handle or onto a machine

a similar instrument used as a weapon

3. have one's knife in someone

4. twist the knife

5. the knives are out for someone

6. under the knife

verb (transitive)

to cut, stab, or kill with a knife

to betray, injure, or depose in an underhand way

Knifelike

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nounWord forms: plural knives

a cutting or stabbing instrument with a sharp blade, single-edged or double-edged, set in a handle

a cutting blade, as in a machine

verb transitiveWord forms: knifed or ˈknifing

to cut or stab with a knife

4. US, Informal

to use underhanded methods in order to hurt, defeat, or betray

verb intransitive US

to pass into or through something quickly, like a sharp knife

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