Definizione monolingua

knee

knee (third-person singular simple present knees, present participle kneeing, simple past and past participle kneed)

1. (transitive, archaic) to kneel to
   • 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
2. (transitive) poke or strike with the knee

knee (plural knees or kneen (dialectal or obsolete))

1. (anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

   Jessica was wearing shorts, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.

2. (anatomy) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
3. The part of a garment that covers the knee.
4. (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
   • 1980, Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 41

     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.

5. (archaic)An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.

   Give them title, knee, and approbation. Shak.

   To make a knee.

6. Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, ""the knee of a graph"", an inflection point
7. A blow made with the knee; a kneeing

Definizione dizionario knee

	ginocchio
	joint in the middle of the leg and area around it
	In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.

articolazione

dare una ginocchiata

ginocchjiu

gomito

jenocchjiu

rotula

Altri significati:

(shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.

(transitive) poke or strike with the knee

(anatomy) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.

(archaic)An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.

To go down on one or both knees.

A blow made with the knee; a kneeing

(anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

act of kneeling

(transitive, archaic) to kneel to

Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph

The part of a garment that covers the knee.