knifeEnglishOxford English Thesaurusknife noun peel the oranges using a sharp knife: cutting tool, blade, cutter, carver.verb the victims had been knifed more than seventy times: stab, hack, gash, run through, slash, lacerate, cut, tear, gouge, pierce, spike, impale, transfix, bayonet, spear, skewer, wound.knife Oxford Dictionary of English