knee

(n

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KEY
NOUN:
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- The joint between the thigh and the lower leg, formed by the articulation of the femur and the tibia and covered anteriorly by the patella.
- The region of the leg that encloses and supports this joint.
- An analogous joint or part of a leg of a quadruped vertebrate.
- Something resembling the human knee, such as a bent piece of pipe.
- The part of a garment, as of trousers, that covers the knee.
- An abrupt woody projection arising from the roots of some swamp-growing trees:
cypress knees.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
kneed
,
kneeˇing
,
knees
- To strike with the knee.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English
cn
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genu-
1 in Indo-European roots