n.
- the joint between the thigh and the lower leg.
▸a person's lap.
- an angled piece of wood or metal supporting the beams of a wooden ship.
- an abrupt obtuse or right-angled bend in a graph.
v.
(knees, kneeing, kneed)
hit with the knee.
Phrase
- at one's mother's
(or father's)
knee
at an early age. - bend
(or bow)
the
(or one's)
knee
submit. - bring someone
(or something)
to their
(or its)
knees
reduce someone or something to a state of weakness or submission. - on bended knee
(s)
kneeling.
Etymology
OE cnēow, cnēo, of Gmc origin.
