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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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knife

/nʌɪf/

US pronunciation
American sound/nʌɪf/
knife
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

US voice -> knife

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဓား။ ဓားမြောင်။ (v) ဒါးနှင့် ထိုးသည်။

Full entry

knife /naÇf/ n (pl knives /naÇvz/)

၁။ ဓား။ put the knives and forks on the table ❍ He had been stabbed repeatedly with a kitchen knife. See also CARVING KNIFE, PAPER-KNIFE, PENKNIFE
၂။ ဓားစက်တွင် ဓားသွား။
v ဓားဖြင့်ထိုး၊ ခုတ်သည်။ be knifed to death ❍ The victim had been knifed (in the chest).
❏ at knife-point [IDM ] ဓားထောက်၍။ rob/rape sb at knife-point.
❏ get one's knife into sb/have one's knife in sb [IDM ] [ ဥ ] နောက်ကျောကို ဓားဖြင့် ထိုးသည်။ She's really got her knife into me — everything I do, she criticizes.
❏ knife-edge n (usu sing ) ဓားသွား။ (fig )have knife-edge creases in one's trousers. [ ဥ ] ဘောင်းဘီခေါက်ရိုး တောင့်နေသည်။
❏ the knives are out (for sb) [IDM ] မရမက ဖြုတ်ချရန်၊ နာမည်ဖျက်ရန် တကဲကဲ လုပ်နေသည်။ The knives were out for the chancellor.
❏ like a knife through butter [IDM ] လျှောခနဲ။ The power saw sliced the logs like a knife through butter.
❏ on a knife-edge [IDM ]
၁။ စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားနေခြင်း၊ ဂနာမငြိမ်ခြင်း။ He's on a knife-edge about his exam results.
၂။ မရေရာသော အခြေအနေ။ အတိမ်းအစောင်းမခံခြင်း။ ချိန်ခွင်လျှာ ကစားနေခြင်း။ My future was poised on a knife-edge. ❍ a knife-edge budget/victory.
❏ turn/twist the knife (in the wound) [IDM ] အနာကို ဆားပက်။

More examples
  • You need a sharp knife for the steak.
  • Knives and forks
  • A kitchen/bread/carving knife
Synonyms
blade, table knife, carving knife, cook's knife, bread knife, dagger, stiletto, penknife, switchblade, scalpel, bayonet, bolo, brand, carve, chop down, clip, cut, cutlass, cutter, cutting edge, cutting tool, edge, hurt, impale, jag, kill, lacerate, lance, lancet, machete, open up, pierce, point, ripper, sabre, scimitar, scythe, shank, shiv, sickle, skewer, skiver, slash, slice, spear, spit, stab, steel, stick, sword, thrust, tickler, wound
Antonyms
aid, cure, heal, help
Cross references
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