KNEE


Meaning of KNEE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ni: ]

( knees, kneeing, kneed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

Your knee is the place where your leg bends.

He will receive physiotherapy on his damaged left knee.

...a knee injury.

N-COUNT : oft poss N

2.

If something or someone is on your knee or on your knees , they are resting or sitting on the upper part of your legs when you are sitting down.

He sat with the package on his knees...

= lap

N-COUNT : poss N , oft on N

3.

If you are on your knees , your legs are bent and your knees are on the ground.

She fell to the ground on her knees and prayed...

N-PLURAL : poss N , usu on/to N

4.

If you knee someone, you hit them using your knee.

Ian kneed him in the groin.

VERB : V n

5.

If a country or organization is brought to its knees , it is almost completely destroyed by someone or something.

The country was being brought to its knees by the loss of 2.4 million manufacturing jobs...

PHRASE : V inflects

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