Knee Definition

nē

kneed, kneeing, knees

noun

knees

The joint between the thigh and the lower leg, formed by the articulation of the femur and the tibia and covered anteriorly by the patella.

American Heritage Medicine

The front part of the leg at this joint.

Webster's New World

The joint between the thigh and the lower part of the human leg.

Webster's New World

A joint regarded as corresponding or similar to the human knee, as a joint in the leg of a quadruped or bird.

Webster's New World

Anything resembling or suggesting a knee, esp. a bent knee.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

verb

To hit or touch with the knee.

Webster's New World

To fasten with a knee or knees.

Webster's New World

To poke or strike with the knee.

Wiktionary

(archaic) To kneel to.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

idiom

take a knee

To kneel down on one knee.
To kneel down on one knee while holding the ball so as to down the ball, as in one's own end zone for a touchback.

American Heritage

bring someone to his (<i>or</i> her) knees

Webster's New World

take a knee

to kneel on one knee, as to rest or pray
players took a knee for a pre-game prayer

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Knee

Singular:

knee

Plural:

From Middle English kne, from Old English cnēo, from Proto-Germanic *knewą (compare Low German Knee, Dutch knie, German Knie, Danish knæ, Swedish knä), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéwo-, a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare Hittite (genu), Latin genū, Tocharian A kanweṃ (dual), Tocharian B kenī, Ancient Greek γόνυ (góny, “knee”), γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), Old Armenian ծունր (cunr), Avestan (žnum), Sanskrit जानु (jānu).

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English cnēo genu-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition