kneel
Use Kneel in a sentence
verb (used without object)
1.
to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.
noun
2.
the action or position of kneeling.
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| —vb , kneels, kneeling, knelt, kneeled | |
| 1. | (intr) to rest, fall, or support oneself on one's knees |
| —n | |
| 2. | the act or position of kneeling |
| [Old English cnēowlian; see | |
| 'kneeler | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
kneel
O.E. cneowlian, from cneow (see knee); cf. Goth. knussjan, Gk. gnyx "with bent knee." Past tense knelt is a modern formation (19c.) on analogy of feel/felt, etc.
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Example sentences
Metro buses are equipped with lifts or low ramps, and all have the ability to kneel.
It's easy to denigrate those who don't kneel to the church of climate change.
Later he let me kneel in his path, eye to camera, as he strutted into the spotlight.
The police pushed them up against the wall, made them kneel facing the wall.
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