knee
• noun 1 the joint between the thigh and the lower leg. 2 the upper surface of a person’s thigh when sitting. 3 something resembling a knee in shape or position, e.g. an angled piece of wood or metal. • verb (knees, kneed, kneeing) hit with the knee. — PHRASES at one’s mother’s knee at an early age. bend (or bow) one’s knee submit. bring someone to their knees reduce someone to a state of weakness or submission. — ORIGIN Old English.
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