--- title: K — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 description: The 166 words of the English dictionary under K, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / K # K — The English dictionary · page 8 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/7/) **8** [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/9/) **knitted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Knitted means made by knitting, by looping wool or yarn together with two long needles or a machine.[↗](../../knitted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a knitted scarf".[↗](../../knitted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) Knitted is the past form of knit.[↗](../../knitted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Grandma knitted me a hat".[↗](../../knitted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Knitted brows (a frown) means eyebrows pulled together in worry or thought.[↗](../../knitted/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A broken bone that has knitted has joined and healed.[↗](../../knitted/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Close-knit means closely joined, like a close-knit family.[↗](../../knitted/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma knitted me a red jumper.[↗](../../knitted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I wore my knitted hat in the snow.[↗](../../knitted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She knitted 10 rows a day, so 70 rows took a week.[↗](../../knitted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He knitted his brows and thought hard.[↗](../../knitted/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The broken arm knitted together in six weeks.[↗](../../knitted/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We are a close-knit family.[↗](../../knitted/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The knitted toy rabbit is soft and floppy.[↗](../../knitted/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · As for the ladies, the girls twisted silken scarves round his plumed hat, and their mothers knitted him gloves of all colours, to keep out the cold.[↗](../../knitted/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **knitting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Knitting is making clothes or other things from wool or yarn by looping it together with two long needles or a machine.[↗](../../knitting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Knitting is also the thing being knitted.[↗](../../knitting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma was knitting a scarf for me.[↗](../../knitting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I learned knitting at after-school club.[↗](../../knitting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She put her knitting down to answer the phone.[↗](../../knitting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Knitting needles are long and pointed.[↗](../../knitting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Follow the knitting pattern and count your stitches.[↗](../../knitting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Finger knitting is a good way to start.[↗](../../knitting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **knob** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A knob is a round handle you turn or pull to open a door or drawer.[↗](../../knob/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A knob is a round button you turn to control a machine, like the volume on a radio or the heat on a cooker.[↗](../../knob/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A knob is a small round lump on something, like a knob on a tree trunk.[↗](../../knob/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A knob of butter is a small lump of it.[↗](../../knob/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Turn the knob to open the door.[↗](../../knob/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't touch the cooker knobs.[↗](../../knob/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the knob on the radio to make it louder.[↗](../../knob/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Add a knob of butter to the hot pasta.[↗](../../knob/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The drawer knob came off in my hand.[↗](../../knob/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the focus knob to make the picture clear.[↗](../../knob/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old tree had a big knob on its trunk.[↗](../../knob/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby gate has a knob that's hard for toddlers to turn.[↗](../../knob/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The iron railing looks like the gate of a cemetery, and there are brass knobs upon it.[↗](../../knob/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **knobbly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Knobbly means covered with small round lumps or bumps.[↗](../../knobbly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Knobbly knees are bony knees that stick out.[↗](../../knobbly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old oak tree had a knobbly trunk.[↗](../../knobbly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He laughed at his own knobbly knees in his shorts.[↗](../../knobbly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mountain bike has knobbly tyres for mud.[↗](../../knobbly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran's knobbly walking stick is made from a branch.[↗](../../knobbly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ginger is a knobbly root.[↗](../../knobbly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The toad's back was knobbly and brown.[↗](../../knobbly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **knock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hit a door or window with your knuckles so people inside hear you.[↗](../../knock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To hit something by accident so it moves or falls: knock over a cup.[↗](../../knock/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To hit or bump a part of your body: knock your knee.[↗](../../knock/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A noun: the sound of knocking, or a hit or bump.[↗](../../knock/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Knock down: to make a building or a person fall to the ground; knock out: to make someone unconscious or to beat a team so it leaves a competition.[↗](../../knock/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please knock before you come into my room.[↗](../../knock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a loud knock at the door.[↗](../../knock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I knocked over my juice and it spilled everywhere.[↗](../../knock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She knocked her elbow on the table.[↗](../../knock/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They knocked down the old shed to build a playhouse.[↗](../../knock/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team got knocked out of the cup in the semifinal.[↗](../../knock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If you get a knock on the head, tell a teacher.[↗](../../knock/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Knock knock\![↗](../../knock/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") Who's there?[↗](../../knock/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind knocked the bin over.[↗](../../knock/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He knocked at the door--tap, tap.[↗](../../knock/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **knockest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «knockest» means «you knock», a form of «knock».[↗](../../knockest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To hit a door or window with your knuckles so people inside hear you.[↗](../../knockest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **knockout** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In boxing, a knockout is a punch or a win when a fighter is knocked down and cannot get up in time.[↗](../../knockout/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A knockout competition is one where the loser of each game leaves, until one winner is left.[↗](../../knockout/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A knockout is something or someone extremely good or beautiful: «The show was a knockout».[↗](../../knockout/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boxer won by a knockout in round three.[↗](../../knockout/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · England reached the knockout stage.[↗](../../knockout/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In a knockout cup, if you lose you go home.[↗](../../knockout/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · With 32 teams in a knockout, there are 31 matches.[↗](../../knockout/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her singing was an absolute knockout.[↗](../../knockout/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a knockout idea\![↗](../../knockout/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dodgeball game was a knockout: hit players are out.[↗](../../knockout/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **knoll** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small, round hill, often standing alone.[↗](../../knoll/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The girl fell asleep by the little knoll.[↗](../../knoll/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They climbed the knoll to look at the lake.[↗](../../knoll/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sheep grazed on the green knoll.[↗](../../knoll/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **knot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place where a piece of string, rope or ribbon is tied around itself or another piece.[↗](../../knot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To tie a knot or to become tangled.[↗](../../knot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A tangled lump in hair or thread.[↗](../../knot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A hard, dark round spot in wood where a branch grew.[↗](../../knot/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A unit of speed for ships, boats, planes and wind: one nautical mile per hour.[↗](../../knot/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A tight, uncomfortable feeling (a knot in my stomach from nerves).[↗](../../knot/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* A lightered knot is a piece of resin-rich wood that burns well and is used as a torch.[↗](../../knot/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I tied a knot in my shoelace.[↗](../../knot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you help me undo this knot?[↗](../../knot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My hair is full of knots after the wind.[↗](../../knot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailor tied the boat with a strong knot.[↗](../../knot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship sailed at twenty knots.[↗](../../knot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a knot in my stomach before the test.[↗](../../knot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wood with knots can be harder to cut.[↗](../../knot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Aunt Sarah and Tom are tying the knot next year.[↗](../../knot/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘I should like nothing better,’ said the man, as he stooped to undo the big knot.[↗](../../knot/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · forasmuch as a surpassing spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and declaring of riddles, and loosing of knots, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar.[↗](../../knot/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knot/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **knotted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tied in a knot or having knots.[↗](../../knotted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Twisted and tangled together.[↗](../../knotted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Tight and hard, like knotted muscles or a stomach tight from worry.[↗](../../knotted/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb form) Tied something in a knot.[↗](../../knotted/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My shoelaces were knotted and I couldn't undo them.[↗](../../knotted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hair was knotted after swimming.[↗](../../knotted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He knotted the rope to the tree.[↗](../../knotted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We climbed the knotted rope in PE.[↗](../../knotted/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My stomach knotted before the test.[↗](../../knotted/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old tree had a knotted trunk.[↗](../../knotted/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Finally, he found and drew forth a nicely plaited whip-thong with a red snapper all waxed and knotted.[↗](../../knotted/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **knotty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Full of knots, or lumpy and twisted, like old wood or rough legs.[↗](../../knotty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a problem) hard to sort out, tangled.[↗](../../knotty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old tree had knotty roots.[↗](../../knotty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The camel waved his knotty legs.[↗](../../knotty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This is a knotty question; we must think hard.[↗](../../knotty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It is also believed that he is bound to come and decide all knotty points in the law, and to appear before the true Messiah arrives.[↗](../../knotty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../knotty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **know** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told.[↗](../../know/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To know a person is to have met them and be familiar with them.[↗](../../know/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To know how to do something is to be able to do it.[↗](../../know/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* She knows how to swim.[↗](../../know/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To know a place is to be familiar with it.[↗](../../know/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Do you know how many apples are left?[↗](../../know/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She knows 20 songs.[↗](../../know/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He knew 8 of the words.[↗](../../know/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many words does she know now?[↗](../../know/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I know the answer\![↗](../../know/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you know how to tie your shoes?[↗](../../know/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I've known Ella since we were five.[↗](../../know/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Let me know when you're ready.[↗](../../know/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Never get into a car with someone you don't know.[↗](../../know/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I must know more of them."[↗](../../know/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I know that he can speak well.[↗](../../know/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../know/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.'[↗](../../know/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../know/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · We know not who put our money in our sacks.'[↗](../../know/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../know/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Declare, if thou knowest it all.[↗](../../know/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../know/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Know ye not? hear ye not?[↗](../../know/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../know/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · What knowest thou, that we know not?[↗](../../know/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../know/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **knowest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «knowest» means «you know», a form of «know».[↗](../../knowest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told.[↗](../../knowest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.'[↗](../../knowest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.6, JPS 1917) · Say, knowest thou aught of Mabon?"[↗](../../knowest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Celtic Fairy Tales) · And he said unto him: 'Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.[↗](../../knowest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.29, JPS 1917) **knoweth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «knoweth» means «knows», a form of «know».[↗](../../knoweth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told.[↗](../../knoweth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he was buried in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor; and no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.[↗](../../knoweth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.34.6, JPS 1917) · I will gleam like the cloud, gleam in the sunshine of life, look out over the whole like the cloud, and pass away like it, no one knoweth whither."[↗](../../knoweth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever his uncleanness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him; and, when he knoweth of it, be guilty;[↗](../../knoweth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.5.3, JPS 1917) **knowledge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Information, facts and understanding that you have learned.[↗](../../knowledge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Knowing about something: «He did it without my knowledge».[↗](../../knowledge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* All that people know about a subject: «scientific knowledge».[↗](../../knowledge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Reading gives you knowledge about the world.[↗](../../knowledge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Test your knowledge with our quiz\![↗](../../knowledge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a lot of knowledge about dinosaurs.[↗](../../knowledge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's common knowledge that the earth goes around the sun.[↗](../../knowledge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · To my knowledge, the shop is still open.[↗](../../knowledge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They took the car without his knowledge.[↗](../../knowledge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientific knowledge changes when we find new evidence.[↗](../../knowledge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It takes years to acquire great knowledge.[↗](../../knowledge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And He hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship.[↗](../../knowledge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.35.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knowledge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, (Torah EXO.31.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knowledge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Get you, from each one of your tribes, wise men, and understanding, and full of knowledge, and I will make them heads over you.'[↗](../../knowledge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.1.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knowledge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?[↗](../../knowledge/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.35.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knowledge/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge?[↗](../../knowledge/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.42.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knowledge/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And is there knowledge in the Most High?'[↗](../../knowledge/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.73.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../knowledge/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **knowledgeable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Knowledgeable means knowing a lot about something, or about many things.[↗](../../knowledgeable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our museum guide was very knowledgeable.[↗](../../knowledgeable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is knowledgeable about birds.[↗](../../knowledgeable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask Grandpa, he is knowledgeable about trains.[↗](../../knowledgeable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A knowledgeable shop assistant helped us.[↗](../../knowledgeable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He became knowledgeable by reading every day.[↗](../../knowledgeable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The quiz team was knowledgeable about history.[↗](../../knowledgeable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **known** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Known is the form of know used after have or be.[↗](../../known/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I have known her for years.[↗](../../known/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is known.[↗](../../known/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, known means that people have it in their mind or have found it out.[↗](../../known/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Well-known means famous, known by many people.[↗](../../known/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The length is known, the width is not.[↗](../../known/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the known numbers to find the total.[↗](../../known/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It is known that each box has 6 eggs.[↗](../../known/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I have known my best friend since nursery.[↗](../../known/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sun is known as a star.[↗](../../known/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a well-known story about three bears.[↗](../../known/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The number of fish in the sea is not known exactly.[↗](../../known/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This road is known for its traffic jams.[↗](../../known/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Little is known of his history.[↗](../../known/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.[↗](../../known/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../known/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.[↗](../../known/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../known/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.[↗](../../known/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../known/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · So his strength was not known.[↗](../../known/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../known/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me.[↗](../../known/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.139.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../known/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · God in her palaces hath made Himself known for a stronghold.[↗](../../known/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.48.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../known/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) 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