kneel
pronunciation
How to pronounce kneel in British English:
UK [niːl]
How to pronounce kneel in American English:
US [niːl]
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- Noun:
- supporting yourself on your knees
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- Verb:
- rest one's weight on one's knees
Word Origin
- kneel (v.)
- Old English cneowlian, from cneow (see knee (n.)). Similar formation in Middle Low German knelen, Middle Dutch cnielen, Dutch knielen Gothic knussjan. Past tense knelt is a modern formation (19c.) on analogy of feel/felt, etc. Related: Kneeling.
Example
- 1. Remember this next time you kneel down to pray .
- 2. A guangzhou middle school organizes students to collectively kneel before their parents
- 3. Should kneel in joy beneath the sky .
- 4. Don 't bend or kneel next to fireworks once you light them .
- 5. Several men wash their hands and faces with water from teakettles and kneel toward mecca for evening prayers .