Knife vs. Shank

A knife (plural knives; from Old Norse knifr 'knife, dirk') is a tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade, often attached to a handle or hilt. One of the earliest tools used by humanity, knives appeared at least 2.5 million years ago, as evidenced by the Oldowan tools.

a person's leg, especially the part from the knee to the ankle

A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handle.

a long, narrow part of a tool connecting the handle to the operational end

A cutting edge; a blade.

a part or appendage by which something is attached to something else, especially a wire loop attached to the back of a button.

To use a knife on, especially to stab; wound with a knife.

the narrow middle of the sole of a shoe

(Informal) To betray or attempt to defeat by underhand means.

a makeshift knife fashioned from a sharp item such as broken glass or a razor

To cut or slash a way through something with or as if with a knife

an act of striking the ball with the heel of the club

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.

strike (the ball) with the heel of the club

A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.

slash or stab (someone), especially with a makeshift knife

Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.

The part of the human leg between the knee and ankle.

(transitive) To cut with a knife.

A corresponding part in other vertebrates.

(transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.

The whole leg of a human.

(intransitive) To cut through as if with a knife.

A leg or leglike part.

(transitive) To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.

A cut of meat from the leg of a steer, calf, sheep, or lamb.

(transitive) To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.

The long narrow part of a nail or pin.

An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc..

A stem, stalk, or similar part.

A sword or dagger.

(Nautical) The stem of an anchor.

To prune with the knife.

The long shaft of a fishhook.

To cut or stab with a knife.

The part of a tobacco pipe between the bowl and stem.

Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a candidate of one's own party).

The shaft of a key.

edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle

The narrow section of the handle of a spoon.

a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point

(Printing) The section of a body of type between the shoulder and the foot.

any long thin projection that is transient;

The narrow part of the sole of a shoe under the instep.

use a knife on;

A piece of material, such as metal, that is used to reinforce or shape this part of a shoe.

A projection, such as a ring, on the back of a button by which it is sewn to cloth.

See tang1.

The part of a tool, such as a drill, that connects the functioning head to the handle.

The latter or remaining part, especially of a period of time.

The early or primary part of a period of time

(Slang) A knife or other sharp, pointed implement, especially one that has been fashioned from something else; a shiv.

To hit (a golf ball) with the heel of the club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction.

(Slang) To stab (a person) with a sharp, pointed implement.

The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

Meat from that part of an animal.

A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.

A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.

The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.

The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.

A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.

The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.

(golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.

(slang) An improvised stabbing weapon.

A loop forming an eye to a button.

(architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.

(metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.

The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.

(shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.

Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.

The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.

The main part or beginning of a period of time.

To travel on foot.

(slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.

(slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.

To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.

To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.

(intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.

To provide (a button) with a shank loop forming an eye.

(shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.

(slang) Bad.

See Chank.

The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg.

Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved.

The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.

A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.

The body of a type.

The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.

A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; - called also shanks.

Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.

To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; - usually followed by off.

a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head

cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill

the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball

hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction