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 ~.