# knifed

Pronunciation: say "NYFT" /naɪft/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of knife. — simple past and past participle of knife
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of knife. Use this form for a stabbing that already happened, or after "has," "have," or "was."
   - _The mugger knifed his victim before fleeing the scene._
   - _Two sailors were knifed during the brawl on deck._

## Adjective

2. Bearing a wound from having been cut or stabbed with a knife.
   - Simple: Cut or wounded after being attacked with a knife.
   - _The knifed prisoner was carried out of the cell on a stretcher._
   - _Paramedics stabilized the knifed pedestrian before the ambulance arrived._
3. Carrying or wearing a knife of the kind stated, usually in compounds such as long-knifed or sharp-knifed.
   - Simple: Carrying or wearing a certain kind of knife, as in long-knifed or sharp-knifed.
   - _Two long-knifed deckhands waited on the pier to gut the morning's catch._
   - _The novel opens with a sharp-knifed bandit stepping out of the brush at dusk._
4. Having a blade of a specified type or shape.
   - Simple: Built with a blade of a certain type.
   - _The double-knifed reaper harvested two rows in a single pass._
   - _A serrated-knifed saw worked better on the dense timber._

## Origin

Formed from the word "knife" with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/knifed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).