knees.html - See: BRING TO ONE'S KNEES, IN THE LAP OF THE GODS also ON THE KNEES OF THE GODS, ON ONE'S KNEES, UP TO THE CHIN IN or UP TO THE KNEE IN.

knees.html - {adj. phr.}, {informal} As tall as a very small child; very young. * /Charles started reading when he was knee-high to a grasshopper./ * /I've known Mary ever since she was knee-high to a duck./

knees.html - {n.}, {informal} A bus equipped with a hydraulic device to enable it to drop almost to curb level for greater ease of boarding and leaving vehicle, as a convenience for elderly or handicapped passengers. * /The man on crutches was pleased to see the kneeling bus./

knees.html - n. & v.
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1 a (often attrib.) the joint between the thigh and the lower leg in humans. b the corresponding joint in other animals. c the area around this. d the upper surface of the thigh of a sitting person; the lap (held her on his knee).
2 the part of a garment covering the knee.
3 anything resembling a knee in shape or position, esp. a piece of wood or iron bent at an angle, a sharp turn in a graph, etc.

--v.

tr. (knees, kneed, kneeing)
1 touch or strike with the knee (kneed the ball past him; kneed him in the groin).
2 colloq. cause (trousers) to bulge at the knee.

bend (or bow) the knee kneel, esp. in submission. bring a person to his or her knees reduce a person to submission. knee-bend the action of bending the knee, esp. as a physical exercise in which the body is raised and lowered without the use of the hands. knee-breeches close-fitting trousers reaching to or just below the knee. knee-deep 1 (usu. foll. by in) a immersed up to the knees. b deeply involved.
2 so deep as to reach the knees. knee-high so high as to reach the knees. knee-hole a space for the knees, esp. under a desk. knee-jerk 1 a sudden involuntary kick caused by a blow on the tendon just below the knee.
2 (attrib.) predictable, automatic, stereotyped. knee-joint 1 = senses 1a, b of n.
2 a joint made of two pieces hinged together. knee-length reaching the knees. knee-pan the kneecap. knees-up Brit. colloq. a lively party or gathering. on (or on one's) bended knee (or knees) kneeling, esp. in supplication, submission, or worship. [OE cneo(w)]

knees.html - n. & v.
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1 the convex bone in front of the knee-joint.
2 a protective covering for the knee.

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tr. (-capped, -capping) colloq. shoot (a person) in the knee or leg as a punishment, esp. for betraying a terrorist group.

kneecapping n.

knees.html - v.intr. (past and past part. knelt or esp. US kneeled) fall or rest on the knees or a knee. [OE cneowlian (as KNEE)]