KNEE

stifle, knee

(noun) joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

knee

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

knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu

(noun) hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

knee (plural knees or kneen)

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

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

The part of a garment that covers the knee.

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

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

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

A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.

Verb

knee (third-person singular simple present knees, present participle kneeing, simple past and past participle kneed)

(transitive, archaic) To kneel to.

(reflexive) To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.

Anagrams

• Enke, Keen, keen, kene, kène, neek

Source: Wiktionary

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Knee, n. Etym: [OE. kne, cneo, As. cneó, cneów; akin to OS. knio, kneo, OFries. kni, G. & D. knie, OHG. chniu, chneo, Icel. kn, Sw. knä,Dan. knæ, Goth. kniu, L.genu, Gr. janu, Cf. Genuflection.]

1. In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.

2. (Anat.) (a) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg. (b) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.

3. (Mech. & Shipbuilding)

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

4. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy. Give them title, knee, and approbation. Shak. Knee breeches. See under Breeches.

– Knee holly, Knee holm (Bot.), butcher's broom.

– Knee jerk (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one of the so-called tendon reflexes.

– Knee joint. See in the Vocabulary.

– Knee timber, timber with knees or angles in it.

– Knee tribute, or Knee worship, tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection. [Obs.] "Knee tribute yet unpaid." Milton.

Knee, v. t.

Definition: To supplicate by kneeling. [Obs.] Fall down, and knee The way into his mercy. Shak

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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