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# knee

«knee» in Mova's school dictionary: **The joint in the middle of your leg where it bends** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a knee, knees); verb (knee, knees, kneed — to hit with the knee)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The joint in the middle of your leg where it bends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#m1)

2) Your lap when you sit: «Sit on my knee». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#m2)

3) The part of trousers that covers the knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#m3)

4) Verb: to hit someone with your knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#m4)

5) Knee-deep means deep enough for the water to reach your knees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science: the knee is a hinge joint; the kneecap (patella) protects it; muscles and ligaments help it bend. In safety and sport: knee pads for skating and skateboarding; scraped knees from falling — clean and cover them. In manners: kneel down on your knees. Phrases: bend your knees, on your knees, knee pads, kneecap, knee-deep, knee-high, weak at the knees, bring to its knees.

### examples

- I fell and scraped my knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#x1)
- Bend your knees when you land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#x2)
- Wear knee pads when you skateboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#x3)
- The toddler sat on Grandpa's knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#x4)
- The water was knee-deep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#x5)
- There's a hole in the knee of my jeans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#x6)
- Your kneecap protects the front of your knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#x7)
- Kneel on one knee to tie your shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#x8)
- Little Christina sat on Ib's knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/#x9)

### note

Countable: knees. The k is silent: say «nee». «Kneel» (to go down on your knees): past knelt or kneeled. Knees bend only one way, like a hinge.

### In the corpora

- [Everyone gets older: grey hair, glasses and stiffer knees come, but so do experience and wisdom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/40-being-a-good-grown-up/13/)
- [Hang from a climbing frame by your knees and you get tired in a minute.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/314-bats-of-the-world-flying-foxes-vampire-bats-the-bumblebee-bat-and-tent-makers/5/)
- [When you graze your knee, blood dries into a scab that seals the gap like a plaster while new skin grows underneath.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/2/)
- [A ladybird's red and black are a warning: it tastes bitter and oozes yellow liquid from its knees when grabbed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers/18/)
- [They find Toad in a garden chair with a big map on his knees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «knee» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knee/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.