knifed
- 1Simple past and past participle of knife. Use this form for a stabbing that already happened, or after "has," "have," or "was."
He knifed a rival outside the tavern and ran off.
She was knifed in the alley but survived the attack.
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- 2Cut or wounded after being attacked with a knife.
The knifed man pressed a cloth to his wound.
Doctors treated the knifed victim in the emergency room.
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- 3Carrying or wearing a certain kind of knife, as in long-knifed or sharp-knifed.
A long-knifed cook stood behind the meat counter, ready to cut steaks.
Every sharp-knifed chef in the busy kitchen wore a white apron.
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- 4Built with a blade of a certain type.
The broad-knifed plow cut deep into the heavy soil.
Workers preferred the fine-knifed slicer for delicate cuts.
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knifed is a form of knife
knife, verb: To hurt or kill someone by stabbing or cutting them with a knife. Full entry
- Spelling
- knife → knifed: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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Origin
This comes from the word "knife" plus the ending "-ed".