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Webster 1913 Edition
Knee
Knee
(nē)
, Noun.
[OE.
kne
, cneo
, As. cneó
, cneów
; akin to OS. knio
, kneo
, OFries. knī
, G. & D. knie
, OHG. chniu
, chneo
, Icel. knē
, Sw. knä
, Dan. knæ
, Goth. kniu
, L. genu
, Gr. γόνυ
, Skr. jānu
, √231. Cf. Genuflection
.] 1.
In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
2.
(Anat.)
(a)
The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.
(b)
In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.
3.
(Mech. & Shipbuilding)
A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
4.
A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
Give them title,
knee
, and approbation. Shakespeare
Knee breeches
. See under
– Breeches
. Knee holly
,
Knee holm
(Bot.)
, butcher’s broom.
– Knee joint
. See in the Vocabulary.
– Knee timber
, timber with knees or angles in it.
– Knee tribute
, or Knee worship
tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection.
[Obs.]
“Knee tribute yet unpaid.” Milton.
Knee
(nē)
, Verb.
T.
To supplicate by kneeling.
[Obs.]
Fall down, and
The way into his mercy.
knee
The way into his mercy.
Shak
Webster 1828 Edition
Knee
KNEE
,Noun.
nee.
1.
In anatomy, the articulation of the thigh and leg bones.2.
In ship-building, a piece of timber somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent, having two branches or arms, and used to connect the beams of a ship with her sides or timbers.KNEE
,Verb.
T.
nee.
Definition 2024
Knee
Knee
See also: knee
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- Knie (southern Moselle Franconian)
Noun
Knee n (plural Knee or Kneen)
- (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) knee
knee
knee
See also: Knee
English
Noun
knee (plural knees or (obsolete or dialectal) kneen)
- 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.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
- 1980, Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 41
- Deck beams were supported by hanging knees, triangular pieces of wood typically found underneath the timbers they are designed to support, but in this case found above them.
- 1980, Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 41
- (archaic) An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
- circa 1605, William Shakepeare, Timon of Athens, Act III, scene iii, line 36
- Give them title, knee, and approbation.
- To make a knee.
- circa 1605, William Shakepeare, Timon of Athens, Act III, scene iii, line 36
- Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point.
- A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Translations
joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
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act of kneeling
blow made with the knee — see kneeing
Verb
knee (third-person singular simple present knees, present participle kneeing, simple past and past participle kneed)
- (transitive, archaic) 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
- (transitive) To poke or strike with the knee.