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knife  (knives plural) (knifes 3rd person present) (knifing present participle) (knifed past tense & past participle )
knives is the plural form of the noun and knifes is the third person singular of the present tense of the verb.  
1  n-count A knife is a tool for cutting or a weapon and consists of a flat piece of metal with a sharp edge on the end of a handle. 
...a knife and fork...  
2  verb To knife someone means to attack and injure them with a knife. 
Dawson takes revenge on the man by knifing him to death...  V n prep 
3  n-count A surgeon's knife is a piece of equipment used to cut flesh and organs during operations. It is made of metal and has a very thin sharp edge.  (=scalpel) If you go under the knife, you have an operation in a hospital. 
♦ under the knife  phrase 
Kelly was about to go under the knife when her surgeon stopped everything.  
4 
 →  carving knife 
 →  fish knife 
 →  flick knife 
 →  palette knife 
 →  paper knife 
 →  pocket knife 
 →  Stanley knife 
5 If someone does something like a knife through butter or like a hot knife through butter, they do it very easily. 
♦ like a knife through butter/like a hot knife through butter  phrase 
Spending by Japanese companies has left them more competitive than companies in other nations. They will be cutting through the competition like a hot knife through butter.  
6 If you have been in a place where there was a very tense atmosphere, you can say that you could have cut the atmosphere with a knife. 
 (mainly BRIT) 
♦ you can cut sth with a knife  phrase 
7 If a lot of people want something unpleasant to happen to someone, for example if they want them to lose their job, you can say that the knives are out for that person. 
 (mainly BRIT) 
♦ the knives are out for sb  phrase 
The Party knives are out for the leader.  
8 If you twist the knife or if you turn the knife in someone's wound, you do or say something to make an unpleasant situation they are in even more unpleasant. 
♦ twist the knife in sb's wound/turn the knife in sb's wound  phrase 
Travis twisted the knife by laughing at her...