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| Substantiv |
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Definitioner
Substantiv
- In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
- In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
- The part of a garment that covers the knee.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
- (archaic) An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
- Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point.
- A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
Verb
- (transitive, archaic) To kneel to.
- (transitive) To poke or strike with the knee.
Exempel
- Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.
- Deck beams were supported by hanging knees, triangular pieces of wood typically found underneath the timbers they are designed to support, but in this case found above them.
- Give them title, knee, and approbation.
- To make a knee.
- 1605: I could as well be brought / To knee his throne and, squire-like, pension beg / To keep base life afoot. — William Shakespeare, King Lear II.ii
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