knee
knee Lexical Profile
knee Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The middle joint of the human leg connecting the femur, tibia, and patella, or the corresponding joint in the leg of a four-legged animal.
"The marathon runner iced her right knee after completing the long race."
The part of a pair of trousers, stockings, or other garment that covers the joint of the leg.
"The child slid across the grass and wore a hole right through the knee of his new jeans."
A sharp, angled bend in a pipe, timber, or natural root formation that resembles a bent leg joint.
"Bald cypress trees often develop woody projections called knees that rise above the swamp water."
• verb
To strike, push, or touch someone or something with the middle joint of the leg.
"He accidentally kneed the low coffee table while trying to walk through the darkened living room."
• Rhymes for knee
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English cneo, derived from Proto-Germanic *knewa- and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *genu- ('knee' or 'angle'), making it cognate with Latin genu and Greek gony.