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Found 4 hits - Term: knee, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
knee \knee\ n=e, n. oe. kne, cneo, as. cne'o, cne'ow;
   akin to os. knio, kneo, ofries. knimac, g.  d. knie, ohg.
   chniu, chneo, icel. kn=e, sw. knaum, dan. knae, goth.
   kniu, l. genu, gr. go`ny, skr. j=anu, root231. cf.
   genuflection.
   1. in man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
      1913 webster

   2. anat.
      a the joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh
          and leg.
      b in the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint,
          corresponding to the wrist in man.
          1913 webster

   3. mech.  shipbuilding a piece of timber or metal formed
      with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when
      bent.
      1913 webster

   4. a bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
      1913 webster

            give them title, knee, and approbation. --shak.
      1913 webster

   knee breeches. see under breeches.

   knee holly, knee holm bot., butcher's broom.

   knee joint. see in the vocabulary.

   knee timber, timber with knees or angles in it.

   knee tribute, or knee worship, tribute paid by kneeling;
      worship by genuflection. obs. "knee tribute yet unpaid."
      --milton.
      1913 webster
see also:
genuflection knee breeches breeches knee holly knee holm knee joint 
knee timber knee tribute knee worship 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
knee \knee\ n=e, v. t.
   to supplicate by kneeling. obs.
   1913 webster

         fall down, and knee
         the way into his mercy.                  --shak
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
knee
     n 1: hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula
          with the femur and protected in front by the patella
          syn: knee joint, articulatio genus, genu
     2: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped;
        corresponds to the human knee syn: stifle
     3: cloth covering consisting of the part of a trouser leg that
        covers the knee
see also:
knee joint articulatio genus genu stifle 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
99 moby thesaurus words for "knee":
   l, angle, ankle, apex, articulation, bayonet legs, bend,
   bifurcation, bight, boot, boundary, bowlegs, butt, calf, cant,
   cervix, chevron, clinch, closure, cnemis, coin, connecting link,
   connecting rod, connection, corner, coupling, crank, crook,
   crotchet, deflection, dogleg, dovetail, drumstick, elbow, ell,
   embrace, foreleg, fork, furcation, gamb, gambrel, gigot,
   gliding joint, ham, hind leg, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hock, hook,
   inflection, interface, jamb, join, joining, joint, juncture, kick,
   knuckle, leg, limb, link, miter, mortise, neck, nook, pivot,
   pivot joint, podite, point, popliteal space, punt, quoin, rabbet,
   scarf, scissor-legs, seam, shank, shin, shoulder, stems, stitch,
   stumps, suture, swerve, symphysis, tarsus, tie rod, toggle,
   toggle joint, trotters, union, veer, vertex, weld, wrist, zag, zig,
   zigzag





Results 1 - 4 of 4 found about knee:

Knee >> K Words
Knee, definition of term: Knee
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Knee Joint >> K Words
Knee Joint, definition of term: Knee Joint
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Knee Jerk >> K Words
Knee Jerk, definition of term: Knee Jerk
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Wounded Knee >> W Words
Wounded Knee, definition of term: Wounded Knee
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