English-Dutch translations for knife

mes
Geen van de vluchtelingen had een wapen bij zich, zelfs geen mes. None of the refugees had a weapon of any kind, not even a knife. We gebruiken het om het brood dat we dagelijks eten te snijden. Een mes kan echter ook gebruikt worden om te doden. A knife may be used to slice our daily bread but it may also be used to kill. De zogenaamde anti-afscheidingswet is een mes op de keel van Taiwan. The so-called anti-secession law is like a knife held to Taiwan’s throat.
knífr

A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal , usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing
A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger
To cut with a knife
To cut through as if with a knife
To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. compare cut

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