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kneed
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?d, IPA(key): /ni?d/
- Homophones: knead, need
- Rhymes: -i?d
Adjective
kneed (not comparable)
- Having a knee or knees, or, in combination, the stated type of knee or knees.
- a kneed biped, a knobbly-kneed boy
- (botany) Having angular joints like the knee.
Derived terms
- knobbly-kneed
- knock-kneed
- open-kneed
- weak-kneed
Verb
kneed
- simple past tense and past participle of knee
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
kneed
- first-person singular present indicative of kneden
- imperative of kneden
Anagrams
- deken, denke, kende, knede
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kneel
English
Etymology
From Middle English knelen, knewlen, from Old English cn?owlian (“to kneel”), equivalent to knee +? -le. Cognate with Dutch knielen (“to kneel”), Low German knelen (“to kneel”), dialectal German knielen, kneulen, knülen (“to kneel”), Danish knæle (“to kneel”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?l, IPA(key): /ni?l/
- Rhymes: -i?l
- Homophones: Neal, Neil, Niel
Verb
kneel (third-person singular simple present kneels, present participle kneeling, simple past and past participle knelt or kneeled)
- (intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
- When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
- (transitive) To cause to kneel.
- She knelt the doll to fit it into the box.
- (reflexive, archaic) To rest on (one's) knees
- He knelt him down to pray.
Hyponyms
- kneel down, genuflect
Derived terms
- kneeler
Translations
References
- kneel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- kneel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- kneel at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- K?len
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