Because in the history of our language (Old and Middle English), the pronunciation of the final unvoiced “f” sound changed to its voiced equivalent “v” when the plural ending was added. So some words handed down through the years kept this pattern, and you see it in the spelling.

If you mean the plural of “knife” then it is “knives”, unless you speak Scots, in which case it has the regular plural knifes.

verb (used without object), knifed, knif·ing. to move or cleave through something with or as if with a knife: The ship knifed through the heavy seas.

honed, sharpened, whetted, edged, jagged, pointed, serrated, keen, cuspidate, peaked, spiked, acute, unblunted, tipped, acuate, pointy, aciculate, acuminate, acuminous, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, fine, horned, needlelike, piercing, lancinating, pronged, gnawing, prickly, salient, shooting, spiky, spiny, splintery …

other words for knife

• bayonet.
• blade.
• dagger.
• machete.
• skewer.
• sword.
• lance.
• steel.

What is the opposite of knife?

One of the most popular types of workplace utility knife is the retractable or folding utility knife (also known as a Stanley knife, box cutter, X-Acto knife, or by various other names).

1 : to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon. 2 : thrust, drive. intransitive verb. : to thrust or give a wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. stab in the back.

Stab braking: Release the brakes when the wheels lock up. As soon as the wheels start rolling, put on the brakes fully again. It can take up to 1 second for the wheels to start rolling after you release the brakes. If you reapply the brakes before the wheels start rolling, the vehicle will not straighten out.

To take a stab at is defined as to attempt or try something. An example of take a stab at is when you try to solve a hard math problem that others have been struggling with.

Normal-type Pokémon also receive STAB, contradicting some of Nintendo’s strategy guides.

Future Sight, Doom Desire, Struggle, Bide and Beat Up are technically typeless, and Dragon Rage, Seismic Toss, Counter, Mirror Coat, and Nightshade are near typeless (they do not work against pokemon that are immune to them, but do not get STAB and cannot deal SE damage, though will hit through Wonder Guard when …

Earthquake (Japanese: じしん Earthquake) is a damage-dealing Ground-type move introduced in Generation I.

2 Answers. Why super effective of course. STAB gives a boost of x1. 5, while exploiting a weakness gives you a x2 damage multiplier.

Same-type attack bonus, commonly abbreviated as STAB, is a 50% boost to the power of an attack when the attack is the same type as one of the types of the Pokémon using the attack. This results in a 50% increase in damage (100% if the Pokémon has the Adaptability Ability.)

Fairy-type Pokémon are strong against Dragon, Dark, and Fighting-type Pokémon, but are weak to Poison and Steel types. With Fairy Pokémon’s vulnerability to two different types of moves, there’s a variety of counters worth picking if you’re going up against Fairy types in your next battle.

Super effective moves do 1.6x damage rather than 2x.

Type chart, effectiveness and weakness explained in Pokémon Go

In the Mystery Dungeon games, STAB boosts damage by 50%.

Dark-type Pokémon have resistances to Ghost, other Dark, and Psychic-type Pokémon. But they are vulnerable to Fighting, Bug, and Fairy-type moves.

From what I would guess is that ground super effectiveness is vs things which are heavy and can break under the strain of seismic attacks. That is why steel is weak against ground as well.

If people don’t want to go to the link, the answer to this question is: The logic behind Bug being x2 against Dark is thus: Since most bugs are active at night, under the cover of darkness, they thrive in places in places that have little to no light, e.g. woodlice live in dark, dank places, usually under fallen trees.

Fighting

Pokemon Sword and Shield Zamazenta is a Fighting Type, which makes it weak against Flying, Psychic, Fairy type moves.

Snorlax (Mega) is a dual-type Normal/Fighting Pokémon….Snorlax (Mega)

The 5 strongest Pokémon you can use to beat Snorlax are:

• Lucario,
• Conkeldurr,
• Breloom,
• Machamp,
• Blaziken.

Gardevoir is a Psychic/Fairy type Pokémon, which makes it weak against Poison, Ghost and Steel moves….What counters Gardevoir?

1. Metagross,
2. Gengar,
3. Chandelure,
4. Deoxys (Attack),
5. Dialga.

Since Snorlax is a Normal-type, it is only weak to Fighting-type moves. This makes Machamp and Conkeldurr the best non-legendary counters. You can use a Gigantamax Machamp to deal heavy damage to it and up your crit chance with G-Max Chi Strike.

How to defeat Shadow Snorlax in Pokémon Go

1. Tyranitar – Ideal Moves: Smash Down / Crunch.
2. Ursaring – Ideal Moves: Counter / Close Combat.
3. Lucario – Ideal Moves: Counter / Power-Up Punch.
4. Weavile – Ideal Moves: Ice Shard / Avalanche.
5. Dragonite – Ideal Moves: Dragon Breath / Dragon Claw.