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Definitions

knife-edge

NOUN

fold

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pleat

STRONG

bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle flection flexure furrow gather gathering groove lap lapel layer loop overlap plait plica plication ply pucker ridge ruck ruffle rumple shirring smocking tuck turn wrinkle

WEAK

dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche

Antonyms

STRONG

line

NOUN

plica

Synonyms

STRONG

bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle flection flexure furrow gather gathering groove lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plication ply pucker ridge ruck ruffle shirring smocking tuck turn wrinkle

WEAK

crumple dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche rumple

Antonyms

STRONG

line smoothness

NOUN

plication

Synonyms

STRONG

bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle flection flexure furrow gather gathering groove lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plica ply pucker ridge ruck ruffle shirring smocking tuck turn wrinkle

WEAK

crumple dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche rumple

Antonyms

STRONG

line smoothness

NOUN

rimple

Synonyms

WEAK

bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle crumple dog's ear flection flexure furrow gather gathering groove lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plica plication plicature ply pucker ridge rivel ruche ruck ruffle rumple shirring smocking tuck turn wrinkle

NOUN

ruck

Synonyms

STRONG

bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle crumple double flection flexure furrow gather gathering groove lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plica plication ply pucker ridge ruffle rumple shirring smocking tuck turn wrinkle

WEAK

dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche

Antonyms

STRONG

line smoothness

Example Sentences

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He is top of his party's West Scotland list, but other results could leave him on a knife-edge.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Their confidence was dented further in midweek by a 3-0 Champions League humbling by Liverpool at the Stade Velodrome which left their hopes of reaching the knockout phase on a knife-edge.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Crocker has changed his approach as he was now coming forward a bit more with his tight guard, and that was suiting Donovan, with the fight seemingly on a knife-edge heading into the final stanza.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

Previous encounters at Grand Slam events had balanced on a knife-edge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 7, 2025

Before them, the shadow reached out and ended in knife-edge abruptness into an all-but-unbearable blaze of white light, that glittered from myriad crystals along a rocky ground.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

knife-edge

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