KNEE


Meaning of KNEE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ left , right

▪ bony , knobbly , knobby ( esp. AmE )

▪ bare

▪ bent

▪ drawn-up

I rested my chin on my drawn-up ~s.

▪ arthritic , bad , bum ( AmE , informal ), dodgy ( BrE , informal ), troublesome , weak

▪ sore , stiff

▪ injured , scraped , skinned ( esp. AmE ), twisted

▪ artificial

An artificial ~ was later inserted.

VERB + KNEE

▪ bend , flex

▪ straighten

▪ draw up , pull , pull up , tuck , tuck up

I tucked my ~s under my chin.

She sat up and pulled her ~s to her chest.

▪ hug

He hugged his ~s to keep warm.

▪ drop down on , drop on , drop to , fall on , fall to , get down on , go down on , sink to

He went down on his ~s and begged for forgiveness.

▪ sit on

She sat on her father's ~ (= lap) while he read her a story.

▪ blow ( AmE , informal ), blow out ( AmE , informal ), hurt , injure , sprain , twist

I injured my ~ and had to have surgery.

▪ graze , scrape , skin

▪ slap

He slapped his ~ as he rocked with laughter.

▪ pat

He patted her ~ reassuringly.

KNEE + VERB

▪ buckle , give way , weaken

Suddenly her ~s buckled and she fell to the floor.

Rita felt her ~s weakening.

▪ knock , shake , tremble , wobble

▪ ache , hurt

KNEE + NOUN

▪ injury , problem , sprain , trouble

▪ operation , replacement , surgery

▪ brace

He refuses to wear a ~ brace.

▪ joint , ligament

▪ socks

▪ pad

PREPOSITION

▪ above the ~

▪ across your ~s

She had a blanket draped across her ~s.

▪ at sb's ~

The children had learned these stories at their mother's ~.

▪ below the ~

His leg was missing below the ~.

▪ between your ~s

If you hear the crash-landing warning, put your head between your ~s.

▪ in your ~

He's snapped a ligament in his ~.

▪ on one ~

I went down on one ~ to plug in the vacuum cleaner.

▪ on your ~

I balanced the pile of books on my ~s.

He was on his ~s, searching for the missing spring.

▪ to one ~

He dropped to one ~.

▪ to your ~s

The blow knocked him to his ~s.

PHRASES

▪ bring sth to its ~s ( figurative )

The fuel shortage brought the country to its ~s within weeks.

▪ on your hands and ~s

I was on my hands and ~s, looking for my key.

▪ on bended ~ ( figurative )

She would ask for help, but would not beg for it on bended ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .