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hatchet collapse: a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)

edge tool collapse: any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)

jackknife collapse: a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out; dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife

knife collapse: edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle; a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point; use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death"

pierce collapse: 14th President of the United States (1804-1869); make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"; penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument; cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"; move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"; sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night"

bruise collapse: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration; damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"; break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"; injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

bayonet collapse: a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon; stab or kill someone with a bayonet

grieve collapse: feel grief; eat one's heart out; cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother"

dagger collapse: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing; a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

lathe collapse: machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool

pick collapse: a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"; a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"; a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material; "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"; a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument; remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"; select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"; look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"; attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"; provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"; pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"

tool collapse: an implement used in the practice of a vocation; work with a tool; drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"; furnish with tools

sharpener collapse: any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper; "a knife sharpener"

stab collapse: a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"; stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"

limber up collapse: make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity

weapon collapse: any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"; a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his conversational weapons"

easel collapse: an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)

palette collapse: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used; the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

whittle collapse: English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996); cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"

spatula collapse: a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances; a turner with a narrow flexible blade

twirl collapse: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

anguish collapse: extreme mental distress; extreme distress of body or mind; suffer great pains or distress

sting collapse: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin; a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"; deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"; cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"

twine collapse: make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope"; coil around; "Wisteria twining the fence posts"

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