{
    "term": "knife",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/ki/kitchen_cutting.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a sharp blade (= metal edge) with a handle, used for cutting or as a weapon",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**knives and forks**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **sharp knife**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bread knife *(= one for cutting bread)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The aim is to deter young people from **carrying knives**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had been stabbed repeatedly with a **kitchen knife**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a plan to tackle **knife crime**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was murdered in a frenzied knife attack."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He and his gang had a knife fight one night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She plunged the knife deep into his heart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pressed the knife tighter against her throat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She suddenly pulled a knife on me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was slumped over his desk with a knife protruding from his back."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She waved her knife in his face threateningly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He carries a knife on him now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt a knife slice her wrist open."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He picked up his knife and fork and started to eat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She pointed her knife at Richard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He put the knife to her throat to frighten her into silence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stabbed him in the back with a 12-inch knife."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That knife doesn't cut very well—it needs sharpening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Use a sharp knife to cut away the spare dough."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a set of kitchen knives"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chuck drew his hunting knife from its sheath."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sara placed her knife and fork neatly on the plate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The raider threatened him with a 6-inch kitchen knife before escaping."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each word he uttered was a knife in her heart."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["blunt", "dull", "sharp"],
                "… of knives": ["set"],
                "verb + knife": ["pick up", "lay down", "put down"],
                "knife + verb": ["cut", "slice", "clatter"],
                "knife + noun": ["blade", "handle", "block"],
                "preposition": ["with a/​the knife"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the blade of a knife",
                    "the handle of a knife",
                    "go under the surgeon’s knife"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the situation has become so bad that people are preparing to make one person take the blame, for example by taking away their job",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The knives are out for the chancellor."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "easily; without meeting any difficulty",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to behave towards somebody in an unfriendly way and try to harm them",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say or do something unkind deliberately; to make somebody who is unhappy feel even more unhappy",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Marcia laughed as she twisted the knife still deeper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Just to twist the knife, the filmmakers have provided a surprise ending."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "having a medical operation",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He is to go under the surgeon's knife again on Thursday."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/naɪf/",
                "audio": "kn/knife/knife__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/naɪvz/",
                "audio": "kn/knife/knives__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/naɪf/",
                "audio": "kn/knife/knife__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/naɪvz/",
                "audio": "kn/knife/knives__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr, of Germanic origin."
}