knee
Meaning of knee
noun
- In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.
- In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
- The part of a garment that covers the knee.
- A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
- An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
To make a knee.
- Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
the knee of a graph
- A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
- To kneel to.
1605: I could as well be brought / To knee his throne and, squire-like, pension beg / To keep base life afoot. — William Shakespeare, King Lear II.ii
- To poke or strike with the knee.
- To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.
Information about knee
- The plural form of knee is: knees.
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Hyphenation of knee
knee
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- knee is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
knee synonyms
Meaning knee joint:
Meaning stifle:
Translation of knee
- German: Knie
- Spanish: rodilla, arrodillarse
- French: genou
- Portuguese: joelho
- Italian: ginocchio, inginocchiarsi
Anagrams of knee
Words that rhyme with knee
aknee, foreknee, sternknee, overknee, outknee
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