mes — meaning in English

English meaning

• cleaver noun A heavy, wide-bladed knife used mainly by butchers for chopping through meat and bone.
• knife noun A tool with a flat, usually metal blade sharpened along one edge and fixed to a handle, used for cutting.
• razor noun A sharp-bladed tool used for shaving hair from the skin.
• shiv noun A makeshift knife, often improvised from an everyday object.
• whittle verb To shape a piece of wood by slicing off small slivers with a knife.

Senses

mes is used for these senses in English:

• cleaver A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
• knife Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
• razor A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
• shiv A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
• whittle A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.

knife — full definition

1. noun A tool with a flat, usually metal blade sharpened along one edge and fixed to a handle, used for cutting.
2. verb To stab or cut someone with a knife.
3. verb To betray someone, especially a political ally.

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