knee
verb/niː/
/niː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they knee | /niː/ /niː/ |
| he / she / it knees | /niːz/ /niːz/ |
| past simple kneed | /niːd/ /niːd/ |
| past participle kneed | /niːd/ /niːd/ |
| -ing form kneeing | /ˈniːɪŋ/ /ˈniːɪŋ/ |
- knee somebody/something to hit or push somebody/something with your knee
- He kneed his attacker in the groin.
Word OriginOld 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.Want to learn more?
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