Collocations for "knife"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "knife" in context.
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knife
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [kitchen, butter, steak, bread, pocket, flick] knife
- a [paring, boning, dicing, fishing, hunting] knife
- a [sharp, dull, bloody, clean, serrated, double-edged] knife
- a [ceramic, steel] knife
- a [set, collection] of (kitchen) knives
- the edge of the knife is [sharp]
- a knife for [paring]
- a knife to cut [fish, bone, rope]
- use a knife to cut the
- need to sharpen the knife
- the knife needs to be sharpened
- [get, grab] a knife from the [kitchen, back, drawer]
- [whipped, took, pulled] out a knife
- pulled a knife on him
- was [stabbed, killed, slashed] with a knife
- slit her throat with a knife
- [stuck, put] a knife in his back
- was left holding the knife
- the knife (had) pierced his [heart, artery, throat]
- the [audience, crowd] was on a knife's edge
- went under the knife
- the [pain, memory] cuts like a knife
- at a knife shop
- using a knife [sharpener, grinder]
- a [sharp, dull] knife [edge, blade]
- [attacker, man, killer] knifed him
- was knifed on the [street, way home]
- was knifed in [jail, prison]
- was knifed in the [side, back, chest]
- knifed with a [dagger, blade]
- knifed to death
- knifed and [shot, killed, beat]
- the [ship, boat, speedboat] knifed through the water
'knife' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Swiss
- army
- blade
- blunt
- bone
- bread
- brush
- butter
- butterfly
- cake
- carving
- chase
- cheese
- chop
- clamp
- coconut
- core
- curl
- cut
- drip
- dull
- eat
- edge
- etch
- expel
- fillet
- fishing
- flat
- fork
- french
- grab
- grind
- grinder
- hack
- hand
- handle
- harm
- hone
- hostage
- jagged
- kill
- lid
- menace
- mighty
- moron
- murder
- naked
- narrow
- palm
- pare