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Knees - English meaning

Knees – definitions in English dictionary

noun

The joint between the thigh and the lower leg in humans.

Usage examples:

The ball bounced off his knee and ran out wide
noun

An angled piece of wood or metal frame used to connect and support the beams and timbers of a wooden ship.

Usage examples:

The deck and hull are through bolted on an inward flange and structural knees and bulkheads are sec…
noun

An abrupt obtuse or approximately right-angled bend in a graph between parts where the slope varies smoothly.

verb

Hit (someone) with one's knee.

Usage examples:

She kneed him in the groin
noun

The middle joint of the leg

Usage examples:

I stood in the water up to my knees., he got down on his hands and knees to look for his contact le…

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膝盖

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Knieën, Feestje, Fuif, Viering

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Genoux

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Knie

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घुटनों, घुटने

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Ginocchia

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무릎

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Колени

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Rodillas

Word origin

Old English cnēow, cnēo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch knie and German Knie, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin genu and Greek gonu .

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knee

noun

The joint between the thigh and the lower leg in humans.

Usage examples:

The ball bounced off his knee and ran out wide
verb

Hit (someone) with one's knee.

Usage examples:

She kneed him in the groin
noun

The middle joint of the leg

Usage examples:

I stood in the water up to my knees., he got down on his hands and knees to look for his contact le…
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