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Definition: KNIVES |
KNIVESNoun plural1. Of Knife. See Knife. Plural1. Of Knife |
Date "KNIVES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A knife is a sharp object used for cutting things, based on the simple machine concept of a wedge. The most common design for a knife is that of a sharp metal blade attached to a handle by means of a tang. Knives have been used as weapons and tools since the stone age, and various developments include the sword and the machete.
traditional Norse knife (photo Uwe Kils)Together with the fork and spoon it is a very common eating utensil. According to etiquette it is held in the right hand, and the fork in the left.
A knife is such a basic tool that it is helpful in almost any environment.
Knives were among the first tools used by man in the Stone age, originally consisting of a single piece of sharpened flint.
Using knives
Keep the knife clean, dry and sharp. If the blade can rust, oiling it will help it stay sharp.
Never use a knife to pry or as a screwdriver. A piece is likely to break off the blade.
In the woods, use the knife as a tool to make tools, rather than as the only tool. For example, rather than using it as a skewer, use it to cut skewers from a nontoxic wood.
To cut thick wood, chopping with a knife is almost always faster than using a saw on the back of the knife.
Sharpening
The trick is to control the angle between the stone and knife. It should be constant. A tool is very helpful. Very sharp knives sharpen at 12 degrees. Typical knives sharpen at 22 degrees. Knives that chop may sharpen at 25 degrees. In short, the harder the material to be cut the larger the angle of the edge.
Remove a wire edge if one forms during sharpening. Use 30 degrees to do so. If not removed, it will break off in use, and the knive will instantly become dull.
The best sharpening stones are industrial diamonds embedded in plastic. These are more expensive, but affordable. They cut about twice as fast as other stones.
Knives to carry
Many authorities recommend carrying a lockback knife, about 4" (10cm) long. It should be one which can be opened with one hand. The main use is a tool, not a weapon.
One authority recommends, for wilderness use, carrying a large knife like a machete or kukri, for chopping wood, serious fighting and heavy camp chores, a 6" knife for dressing animals and use as a spear-head, and to back-up the fighting knife, a lock-back folder for light tasks, and Swiss Army knife for all the little tools.
The best place to carry a large knife is in the back waistband, or under a skirt strapped to the thigh. A sheath for the back waistband can be held in place with a small button that keeps it above the waistband. Tactical nylon is stronger, and more water resistant than leather.
Carrying of knives in public is forbidden by law in many countries. Exceptions may be made for hunting knives, and for knives used for work-related purposes (eg.chef's knives). Knives are forbidden on aeroplanes and are among the illegal imports that may be confiscated at airports by customs staff.
A normal (1) blade has a curving edge, and flat back. A dull back lets one use fingers to concentrate force, and makes the knife heavier and stronger for its size. The curve concentrates force, making cutting easier. Therefore, it can chop as well as pick and slice. The single edge is also less expensive to produce than a double edge.
A curved or trailing-point (2) knife has a back edge that curves upward. This lets a lightweight knife have a larger curve on its edge. Such a knife is better for slicing than a normal knife.
A spey (3) blade has two curved edges. The idea is to make a blade that slices in either direction, with a strong sharp point. This is the strongest traditional style of knife. It's used for fighting knives (dagger, switchblades, etc.) because it can cut both directions, has a point and is strong. Many persons believe that the best all-around blade is an asymmetric spey, with the larger curve on the lower side. This is called a dropped spey.
A clipped (4) blade is like a normal blade with a clip off the tip to make the tip thinner and sharper. The back edge of the clip can have a "cut swedge" that can be sharpened to make second edge. The sharp tip makes the blade exceptional as a pick, or for cutting in tight places. If the clip is sharpened, this is an attempt to make a working knife double as a fighting knife. This is another favorite knife shape, although it is not as strong as a spey. The Bowie is an attempt to make a clipped blade that's good for fighting, and as strong as a spey.
A sheepsfoot (5) knife has a straight edge, and a curved dull back. It give the most control, because the back, dull edge is made to be held by fingers. It's good for whittling, including sheep's hooves.
A tanto (6) knife is thick, almost a bar. The edge is straight. The point is actually a second edge on the end of the blade, swept back from the point at 80-60 degrees.
An ulu knife is a sharpened half-circle. It's all edge, with no point, and a handle in the middle. It's good for scraping, and sometimes chopping. It is the strongest knife-shape.
Types of knives
Solid tang knives are the strongest and simplest type.
A lockback knife is a folding knife with a lock. One should be able to open it with one hand, using a stud or fingerhole to get leverage. If one must carry just one knife, many authorities agree that this is the one.
A hunting knife is normally used to dress large game. It is often a normal, mild curve or a curved and clipped blade.
A trapper's knife is made to kill and dress small animals, and help with simple machinery. It's a small folding knife with three blades: a clip, a spey and a normal. It is one of the most popular folding knives ever made.
A pocket knife is a folding knife, without locks. Some brands, such as Victorinox, have a wide variety or tools available.
A classic lady's knife is a small curved knife that folds into a handle and then resembles a silver leaf.
Pure fighting knives are always speys, so that either edge can cut. Modern fighting knives have large curves, to concentrate the force to permit slicing. Classic fighting knives have straight edges and a very strong point.
A machete is a large normal blade, used to chop through brush. Interestingly, some experts are now arguing that a long, very sharp blade is superior to a traditional heavy machete for cutting brush.
A kukri is a fighting knife with a deep forward curve. In use, it swings into a person. The kukri is also good for chopping. Some shapes actually chop better than a hatchet, because they balance better.
A survival knife is a sturdy knife, sometimes with a hollow handle filled with equipment. In the best hollow-handled knives, both blade and handle are cut from a single piece of steel. The end has an O-ring seal to keep water out of the handle. Often a small compass is set in the inside, protected part of the pommel/cap. The pommel may be adapted to pounding or chipping. Recommended fillings for the handle: a compass (usually in the pommel). Monofilament (for snares, fishing), 12 feet of black nylon thread and two needles, a couple of plastic ties, two barbed and one unbarbed fishhook (unbarbed doubles as a suture needle), butterfly bandages, halizone tablets, waterproof matches.
Knife modifications
Most knives need a fatter handle to fit most people's hands. The handle should get a hole, if it doesn't have one. The handle can have a couple notches to make it easier-to use plastic ties to mount it on a spear.
The tang should be covered on the handle, so that it cannot burn, freeze or electrocute the knife's user.
The pommel might be modified to be sturdy enough to pound or chip. One can drive a large machine screw in. The sheath should permit one to hold the blade for pounding and chipping.
One side of the blood groove or blade could be polished to make a signal mirror. If this is done, drill a small hole to act as the aiming hole. One aims a signal mirror by looking through the hole, and moving the reflection of the beam through the hole over the target seen through the hole.
A knife with simple surveying instruments is more useful. One standard system puts a sighting hole in the upper quillion to aim over the point. A weighted string draped on a notch is the indicator. A sundial and half-circle degree protractor is marked on the right side of the knife. In the afternoon, sighting the sun, the sundial should show the hours to darkness. On the left side, put two trig scales. Sighting up gives a sine scale, in percent of the distance, to measure height. Sighting down gives a tangent scale, in percent of the distance, to measure the observer's height. A main use of these is for navigation. Another is to estimate rope use, and climbing effort.
Books:
The Knife Bible by Don Paul
Knives designed for specific purposes exist in large numbers. Some examples include butchering, hunting, curing, fishing, woodcarving, cooking and combat.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Knife."
Crosswords: KNIVES |
| English words defined with "KNIVES": Bath brick ♦ Cultrivorous, cut-and-thrust, Cutter bar ♦ Finger bar, Flint implements ♦ knife, knife fight, Knifeboard ♦ Mowing machine ♦ Pug mill ♦ Snick and snee, snickersnee ♦ Tempering color, tongue ♦ whetstone. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "KNIVES": stone knives and bearskins ♦ Wedding Knives. (references) |
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Screenplays | We've got some carving knives in the abbatoir, a few more in the mess hall (Alien³; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett) One more and I get a set of steak knives. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) And the chopsticks: there was no metal for forks and knives and spoons, but slivers of wood could suffice (Conquest of Space; writing credit: Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley) With a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands (First Blood; writing credit: David Morrell; Michael Kozoll) There wasthere was this guy; he had knives for fingers (A Nightmare On Elm Street; writing credit: Wes Craven) | |
Lyrics | They stab it with their steely knives, (Hotel California; performing artist: EAGLES) Sharper than knives (Devil Inside; performing artist: INXS) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Wedding Knives (1998) Book of Knives (1995) | |
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 | Pictured is a physician using a remotely controlled endoscope. He is looking through a microscope-like eyepiece to monitor his actions while using small brushes and knives to take a biopsy. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Baltimore oyster-shucking trough. Oyster knives of diverse patterns Used in New England, New York, and the Chesapeake region. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | [Scissors and knives for use in eye surgery]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Both men had knives. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Traveling evangelists between Lafayette and Scott, Louisiana. They have spent twenty five years on the road preaching the gospel, sharpening knives to meet expenses. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Topped beets and topping knives, East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Rotating knives which cut sugarcane close to the ground. Detail of construction of Wurtele Sugarcane harvester, Mix, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Knives out" by Roger Mexico Commentary: "Some scattered swann-morton surgical blades." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
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 | Bleenk; tinny; silverware; spoon; fork; knife; knives. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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James Russell Lowell | Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | We will not by reason of any small serjeancy which anyone may hold of us by the service of rendering to us knives, arrows, or the like, have wardship of his heir or of the land which he holds of another lord by knight's service. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Women play with their beauty as children do with their knives. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Behind a hedge of laurel a light glimmered in the window of a kitchen and the voice of a servant was heard singing as she sharpened knives. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She set tin cups on a big packing box, set tin plates and knives and forks out. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Her knives were twice as long as a scythe set straight upon the handle |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Health | Wash hands, knives, and cutting boards after handling uncooked foods. (references) | |
Take extra care not to cut or nick yourself when using scissors, needles, knives, or tools. (references) | ||
Hands, cutting boards, counters, knives, and other utensils should be washed thoroughly after handling uncooked foods. (references) | ||
Business | At present, domestic production of medical equipment is nearly zero. Although Vietnam has some medical equipment factories, they mostly manufacture furniture and simple equipment such as patient's beds, operation knives, and disposable medical supplies. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Iran | In August 2000, two leading reform intellectuals, Mohsen Kadivar and Abdul Karim Soroush, were prevented by semiofficial vigilantes armed with clubs and knives from addressing a student convention in Khorramabad. (references) |
Ghana | Armed with sticks, stones, and knives, the rioters vandalized the local police and fire stations, set free prisoners in the police cells, destroyed police and fire service living quarters, and looted, inflicting damage estimated at thousands of dollars (millions of cedis). (references) | |
Bangladesh | In October 2000, the then-State Minister for Social Welfare Mozammel Hossain (the person in charge of overseeing relief operations in Sathkira district) reportedly actively encouraged ruling party members to attack the press physically by saying "Wherever you will find journalists, break their bones." The next day, a group led by local Awami League leader Nurul Islam ransacked the office of the local daily "Satkhirar Chitro" and assaulted Anisur Rahim, the newspaper's editor, with knives and a revolver; he had to be hospitalized. (references) | |
Economic History | Vietnam | Although Vietnam has some medical equipment factories, they mostly manufacture furniture and simple equipment, such as patient's beds, operation knives, and disposable medical supplies. (references) |
Human Rights | Macedonia | They beat the workers, mutilated them with knives, and forced them to perform sexual acts on each other. (references) |
Nigeria | They reportedly stabbed them with machetes and knives as bystanders cheered; the victims' bodies then were set on fire. (references) | |
Minorities | Croatia | In May skinheads in Zagreb attacked a teenage Romani girl with knives and slightly wounded her. (references) |
Slovak Republic | There was no progress during the year in a number of 2000 cases of violence against Roma, and others including, an August case in which Rom Jan Sudman was shot and injured while doing clean-up work in the public works program; a July case in which a group of 50 Roman armed with machetes, knives, axes, and iron rods allegedly forced a moving car to stop and attacked one of its occupants; a March case in which approximately 20 supporters of the skinhead movement attacked 2 Brazilians and 2 Angolans in Bratislava; and a January case in which a group of skinheads beat an African American citizen. (references) | |
Trade | Uk | Prohibited imports include AM citizens band radios, switchblade knives, devices that project toxic, noxious or harmful substances (e.g., tear gas), counterfeit coins and currency, and certain types of pornography. (references) |
Travel | Ecuador | In a rapidly increasing number of cases, however, thieves are armed with guns or knives. (references) |
Worker Rights | Bangladesh | Fighting often is over the control of rackets or extortion payoffs and typically involves knives, guns, and homemade bombs. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "KNIVES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.10% of the time. "KNIVES" is used about 667 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.1% | 661 | 9,921 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.9% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 667 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "KNIVES": forks and knives ♦ jack knives ♦ knives and forks ♦ stone knives and bearskins. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "KNIVES": bowie-knives, carving-knives, cheese-knives, fish-knives, flick-knives, knifey-knives, pen-knives, pocket-knives, pruning-knives, spring-knives, vibro-knives. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abrasive,core circular cutter,slasher,coated knife knives,knife,blade,national score sharp,regrinding tube,winder,self | 16 |
abrasive,core circular cutter,slasher,coated knives,knife,blade score sharp,regrinding tube,winder,self | 8 |
kershaw knives.com | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "KNIVES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | skottelgoed. (various references) | |
Chinese | 刀子 (Knife). (various references) | |
Czech | nože, dýky. (various references) | |
Danish | koldarbejdsstaal til rustfrie knive (stainless coldforming tool steel for knives), knivfræsning (rotary cultivator with blades, rotary cultivator with knives), knivcylinder med snitteknive (cylinder chopper, cylinder with slicing knives), knivcylinder (cylinder chopper, cylinder with slicing knives), tromlefinsnitteren bliver leveret med et udstyr til slibning af knivene (the crusher-mowers on the market have a device to grind the knives), over- og underkniv til skaering av karton (lower and upper knives for cutting of board sheets), de lange knives nat (night of the long knives). (various references) | |
Dutch | tafelgerei (flatware, tableware), roestvast koudvormstaal voor messen (stainless coldforming tool steel for knives), nacht van de lange messen (night of the long knives), maaikneuzers zijn leverbaar met een inrichting voor het slijpen van de messen (the crusher-mowers on the market have a device to grind the knives), hakselaar (chopper, cylinder chopper, cylinder with slicing knives, mincer), frees met messen (rotary cultivator with blades, rotary cultivator with knives), eetgerei (cutlery, place setting), couvert (envelope), boven-en ondermessen voor het snijden van vellen karton (lower and upper knives for cutting of board sheets), bestek (bulk, dimension, extend, reckoning, room, size, space, specifications). (various references) | |
Esperanto | manĝilaro (forks, knives and spoons). (various references) | |
Finnish | veitsirullaäes (rotary cultivator with blades, rotary cultivator with knives). (various references) | |
French | nuit des longs couteaux (night of the long knives), les faucheuses-hacheuses-chargeuses du type récolteuse à couteaux sont livrées avec un equipement d'affûtage des couteaux (the crusher-mowers on the market have a device to grind the knives), houe rotative à couteaux (rotary cultivator with knives), hacheur à lames (cylinder with slicing knives), couvert, couteaux circulaires inférieur et supérieur pour la refente des feuilles de carton (lower and upper knives for cutting of board sheets), cisaille d'écimage (topping knives), acier pour travail à froid pour couteaux inoxydables (stainless coldforming tool steel for knives). (various references) | |
German | Messer (analyser, blade, cutter, knife, razor, scissors, spreader, switchblade). (various references) | |
Greek | μαχαίρια. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kés (knife), tőr (dagger, knife, pit, snare). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menempa (concoct, make metal objects, manufacture knives). (various references) | |
Italian | trinciatore a coltelli (cylinder chopper, cylinder with slicing knives), le trincia-insilatrici a tamburo sono disponibili con un'attrezzatura di affilatura dei coltelli (the crusher-mowers on the market have a device to grind the knives), coltivatore rotativo con cotelli (rotary cultivator with blades, rotary cultivator with knives), coltello circolare inferiore e superiore per il taglio del cartone (lower and upper knives for cutting of board sheets), acciaio da lavorazione a freddo per coltelli inossidabili (stainless coldforming tool steel for knives). (various references) | |
Korean | 칼 (Knife, sword). (various references) | |
Norwegian | spisebestikk. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ivesknay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | picador de facas (cylinder chopper, cylinder with slicing knives), os corta forragens carregadores do tipo colhedor de facas são postos no mercado com equipamento de base para afiar as facas (the crusher-mowers on the market have a device to grind the knives), lâminas superior e inferior da cortadora de placas de cartão (lower and upper knives for cutting of board sheets), fresa com facas (rotary cultivator with blades, rotary cultivator with knives), aço inoxidável para trabalho a frio para facas (stainless coldforming tool steel for knives). (various references) | |
Spanish | fresadora de cuchillas (rotary cultivator with blades, rotary cultivator with knives), dispositivo troceador de cuchillas (cylinder chopper, cylinder with slicing knives), cuchilla inferior y cuchilla superior para cortar los pliegos de cartón (lower and upper knives for cutting of board sheets), cubierto (cloaking, cover up, covered, overcast, place, server), acero laminado en frío para cuchillería inoxidable (stainless coldforming tool steel for knives). (various references) | |
Swedish | knivar (cutlery). (various references) | |
Thai | มีด (คำพหูพจน์ของ knife). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ekgonon kakon macairaV touV odontaV ecei kai taV mulaV tomidaV wste analiskein kai katesqiein touV tapeinouV apo thV ghV kai touV penhtaV autwn ex anqrwpwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Generatio quae pro dentibus gladios habet et commandit molaribus suis ut comedat inopes de terra et pauperes ex hominibus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Jeneracioun that for teth hath swerdis, and chewith with his wang teth; that he ete helpeles fro the erthe, and pore men fro men. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw-teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Adunay usa ka kaliwatan kansang mga ngipon ingon sa mga pinuti, ug ang ilang mga tango ingon sa mga cuchillo, Aron sa paglamoy sa mga kabus gikan sa yuta, ug sa hangul gikan sa kinataliwad-an sa mga tawo. |
| Croatian | Izrod komu su zubi maèevi i oènjaci noževi da proždiru nesretnike na zemlji i siromahe meðu ljudima! |
| Danish | en Slægt, hvis Tænder er Sværd hvis Kæber er skarpe Knive, så de æder de arme ud af Landet, de fattige ud af Menneskers Samfund. |
| Dutch | Een geslacht, welks tanden zwaarden, en welks baktanden messen zijn, om de ellendigen van de aarde en de nooddruftigen van onder de mensen te verteren. |
| Finnish | sukua, jonka hampaat ovat miekkoja ja leukaluut veitsiä syödäksensä kurjat maasta pois ja köyhät ihmisten joukosta! |
| French | Il est une race dont les dents sont des glaives Et les mâchoires des couteaux, Pour dévorer le malheureux sur la terre Et les indigents parmi les hommes. |
| German | eine Art, die Schwerter für Zähne hat und Messer für Backenzähne und verzehrt die Elenden im Lande und die Armen unter den Leuten. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ada orang yang mencari nafkah dengan cara yang kejam; mereka bengis dan memeras orang miskin dan orang lemah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | suatu bangsa yang giginya laksana pedang dan gigi gerahamnya laksana pisau, hendak makan habis akan segala orang miskin yang di dalam negeri, dan akan segala orang yang kekurangan di antara manusia. |
| Italian | C'è gente i cui denti sono spade e i cui molari sono coltelli, per divorare gli umili eliminandoli dalla terra e i poveri in mezzo agli uomini. |
| Maori | Tera te whakatupuranga, ko o ratou niho ano he hoari, ko o ratou niho purakau ano he maripi, hei horo i te hunga iti i runga i te whenua, i nga rawakore hoki i roto i nga tangata. |
| Norwegian | en ætt hvis tenner er sverd, og hvis jeksler er kniver, som eter arminger ut av landet og fattige ut av menneskenes tall. |
| Portuguese | Há gente cujos dentes são como espadas; e cujos queixais sao como facas, para devorarem da terra os aflitos, e os necessitados dentre os homens. |
| Rumanian | Este un neam de oameni, ai cqror dinyi sknt niwte sqbii, wi ale cqror mqsele sknt niwte cuyite, ca sq mqnknce pe cel nenorocit de pe pqmknt, wi pe cei lipsiyi dintre oameni. - |
| Russian | еУФШ ТПД, Х ЛПФПТПЗП ЪХВЩ--НЕЮЙ, Й ЮЕМАУФЙ--ОПЦЙ, ЮФПВЩ РПЦЙТБФШ ВЕДОЩИ ОБ ЪЕНМЕ Й ОЙЭЙИ НЕЦДХ МАДШНЙ. |
| Swedish | ett släkte vars tänder äro svärd, och vars kindtänder äro knivar, så att de äta ut de betryckta ur landet och de fattiga ur människornas krets! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "KNIVES": drawknives, jackknives, penknives, pocketknives. (additional references) | |
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"KNIVES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kenites, Kinvig, kivas, Klive, knaive, knaved, knif, kniues, kniv, knive, knyves, neaves, Neves, Nevesky, nevez, niev, nieves, nifs, niges, Nivas, nive, nivea, nivis, niviv, nivus, onives. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "KNIVES" (pronounced nī"vz) |
| 3 | -ī" v z | arrives, chives, deprives, derives, dives, drives, fives, hives, revives, Rives, shives, strives, survives, thrives, wives. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-k-n-s-v" | |
-1 letter: kines, skein, skive, veins, vines. | |
-2 letters: inks, kens, kine, kins, nevi, sike, sine, sink, skin, vein, vies, vine, vise. | |
-3 letters: ens, ink, ins, ken, kin, sei, sen, sin, ski, vie, vis. | |
-4 letters: en, es, in, is, ne, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-k-n-s-v" | |
+1 letter: invokes, kelvins. | |
+2 letters: invokers. | |
+3 letters: devilkins, knaveries, penknives, reinvokes. | |
+4 letters: canvaslike, drawknives, gavelkinds, jackknives, overdrinks, overthinks, riverbanks. | |
+5 letters: lovemakings, oversmoking, oversoaking, overtasking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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