Knife vs Richmond - What's the difference?
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A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
* 2007 , Scott Smith, The Ruins , page 273
A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.
Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as the knives for a chipper.
To cut with a knife .
To use a knife' to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the ' knife as a weapon.
To cut through as if with a knife .
To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. compare cut
The capital of Virginia.
A town and borough of London (properly Richmond upon Thames ).
A common place name ( )
derived from the English place name.
* ~1593 William Shakespeare: Richard III: Act V, Scene III :
transferred from the surname.
As a noun knife
is a utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle the blade may be pointed for piercing.As a verb knife
is to cut with a knife .As a proper noun richmond is
the capital of virginia.knife
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Noun
(knives)- Jeff was bent low over the backboard, working with the knife , a steady sawing motion, his shirt soaked through with sweat.
Derived terms
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* athame * bayonet * bistoury * cake slice, cake-slice * dagger * poniard * scalpel * stiletto * (wikipedia "knife")Verb
(knif)richmond
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Be cheerful, Richmond ; for the wronged souls
- Of butcher'd princes fight in thy behalf:
- King Henry's issue, Richmond , comforts thee.