KNEE


Meaning of KNEE in English

(~s, ~ing, ~d)

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

1.

Your ~ is the place where your leg bends.

He will receive physiotherapy on his damaged left ~.

...a ~ injury.

N-COUNT: oft poss N

2.

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

He sat with the package on his ~s...

= lap

N-COUNT: poss N, oft on N

3.

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

She fell to the ground on her ~s and prayed...

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

4.

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

Ian ~d him in the groin.

VERB: V n

5.

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

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

PHRASE: V inflects

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