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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A blow made with the knee; a kneeing
  • anatomy In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
  • Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point
  • archaicAn act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
  • shipbuilding A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
  • In humans, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
  • skeleton The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.

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Verb:

  • archaic to kneel to
  • transitive poke or strike with the knee

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