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🔑 knee BrE /niː / NAmE /niː / noun 🔑 the joint between the top and bottom parts of the leg where it bends in the middle ◆ a knee injury ◆ I grazed my knee when I fell . ◆ He went down on one knee and asked her to marry him . ◆ She was on her knees scrubbing the kitchen floor . 🔑 the part of a piece of clothing that covers the knee ◆ These jeans are torn at the knee . ◆ a knee patch 🔑 the top surface of the upper part of the legs when you are sitting down SYN lap ◆ Come and sit on Daddy's knee . Silent letters gnarled , gnash , gnat , gnaw , gnome haute cuisine , heir , (NAmE herb) , honour , hors d’oeuvre , hour knack , knee , kneel , knife , knight , knit , knob , knock , knot , know , knuckle psalm , psephology , psychic , ptarmigan , pterodactyl , psychology wrangle , wrap , wreath , wreck , wrench , wrestle , wriggle , wring , write , wrong bomb , climb , crumb , doubt , lamb , limb ascent , fascinate , muscle , scene , scissors height , right , sleigh , weight align , campaign , design , foreign , malign , reign , unfeigned balmy , calm , calf , half , yolk autumn , column , condemn , damn , hymn , solemn bristle , fasten , listen , mortgage , soften , thistle , wrestle biscuit , build , circuit , disguise , guilty , league , rogue , vague yacht answer , sword , two ● bring sb to their ˈknees to defeat sb , especially in a war ● bring sth to its ˈknees to badly affect an organization , etc . so that it can no longer function ◆ The strikes brought the industry to its knees . ● put sb over your ˈknee to punish sb by making them lie on top of your knee and hitting their bottom ● the ˌbee's ˈknees (informal an excellent person or thing ◆ She thinks she's the bee's knees (= she has a very high opinion of herself . ● on bended ˈknee (s )if you ask for sth on bended knee (s ) , you ask for it in a very anxious and /or humble way ● at your ˌmother's ˈknee when you were very young ◆ I learnt these songs at my mother's knee . ● ˌweak at the ˈknees (informal hardly able to stand because of emotion , fear , illness , etc . ◆ His sudden smile made her go weak at the knees . 🔑 knee BrE /niː / NAmE /niː / verb present simple - I / you / we / they knee BrE /niː / NAmE /niː / present simple - he / she / it knees BrE /niːz / NAmE /niːz / past simple kneed BrE /niːd / NAmE /niːd / past participle kneed BrE /niːd / NAmE /niːd / -ing form kneeing BrE /ˈniːɪŋ / NAmE /ˈniːɪŋ / ~ sb /sth to hit or push sb /sth with your knee ◆ He kneed his attacker in the groin .
