Meaning

10 senses
  1. In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

    Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.

    Knie

    коле́ноkoléno

    колі́ноkolíno

  2. In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.

  3. In birds:

    The tarsal joint, uniting the tarsometatarsus and the tibiotarsus (homologous to the human ankle).

  4. The joint uniting the tibiotarsus and the femur, typically hidden beneath plumage.

  5. The part of a garment that covers the knee.

    Knie

    наколе́нникnakolénnik

    the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee

  6. A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.

  7. Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.

    the knee of a graph

    коле́ноkoléno

  8. A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.

  9. (figuratively)The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.

  10. (archaic)An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.

    Kniefall

Examples

587 sentences
  1. Tom shot himself in the knee.

    Том вистрелив собі у коліно. — deniko

    ruТом выстрелил себе в колено. — marafon

    deTom hat sich selbst ins Knie geschossen. — brauchinet

  2. Tom hurt his knee.

    Том ушкодив коліно. — deniko

    ruТом повредил колено. — marafon

    deTom hat sich am Knie verletzt. — Yorwba

  3. I hurt my knee.

    Я пошкодив коліно. — deniko

    ruЯ повредил себе колено. — odexed

    deIch habe mich am Knie verletzt. — MaVi

  4. The snow was knee deep.

    Сніг був по коліно. — deniko

    ruСнег был по колено. — Hellerick

    deDer Schnee war knietief. — Espi

  5. I fell down and bruised my knee.

    Я упав і забив коліно. — deniko

    ruЯ упал и ушиб колено. — Balamax

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
joint in the middle of the leg and area around it:
Русский
By meaning 2
joint in the middle of the leg and area around it:
part of a garment:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
joint in the middle of the leg and area around it:
act of kneeling:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English kne, from Old English cnēow, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu,

Inherited from Middle English kne, from Old English cnēow, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéw-o-m, a thematic derivative of *ǵónu.

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Forms

plural: knees
Singularknee
Pluralknees

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella:knee jointhuman kneearticulatio genusgenu
  • joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee:stifle

Word family

79 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • hurt his knee
  • scraped his knee
  • on his knees
  • hurt my knee
  • his knee when
  • on my knee
  • his knees and
  • knee deep
  • to his knees
  • in the knee
  • knee hurts

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
knee — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto