knife
n. கத்தி, பேனாக்கத்தி, குத்துவெட்டுக்குரிய பெருங்கத்தி, இயந்திரத்தின் பாகமாகவுள்ள அலகு,(வினை.) கத்தியினால் வெட்டு, கத்திக்கொண்டு குத்து.
Knife, n.; pl. Knives. Etym: [OE. knif, AS. cnif; akin to D. knijf, Icel. knifr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.] 1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc. 2. A sword or dagger. The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. Shak. Knife grass (Bot.) a tropical American sedge (Scleria latifolia), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife. -- War to the knife, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity. Knife, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knifed; p. pr. & vb. n. Knifing.] 1. (Hort.) Defn: To prune with the knife. 2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low]