knee
part of speech
noun (a knee, knees); verb (knee, knees, kneed — to hit with the knee)
meaning for a pupil
1) The joint in the middle of your leg where it bends. tree →
2) Your lap when you sit: «Sit on my knee». tree →
3) The part of trousers that covers the knee. tree →
4) Verb: to hit someone with your knee. tree →
5) Knee-deep means deep enough for the water to reach your knees. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science: the knee is a hinge joint; the kneecap (patella) protects it; muscles and ligaments help it bend. In safety and sport: knee pads for skating and skateboarding; scraped knees from falling — clean and cover them. In manners: kneel down on your knees. Phrases: bend your knees, on your knees, knee pads, kneecap, knee-deep, knee-high, weak at the knees, bring to its knees.
examples
- I fell and scraped my knee. tree →
- Bend your knees when you land. tree →
- Wear knee pads when you skateboard. tree →
- The toddler sat on Grandpa's knee. tree →
- The water was knee-deep. tree →
- There's a hole in the knee of my jeans. tree →
- Your kneecap protects the front of your knee. tree →
- Kneel on one knee to tie your shoe. tree →
- Little Christina sat on Ib's knee. tree →
note
Countable: knees. The k is silent: say «nee». «Kneel» (to go down on your knees): past knelt or kneeled. Knees bend only one way, like a hinge.
In the corpora
- Everyone gets older: grey hair, glasses and stiffer knees come, but so do experience and wisdom.
- Hang from a climbing frame by your knees and you get tired in a minute.
- When you graze your knee, blood dries into a scab that seals the gap like a plaster while new skin grows underneath.
- A ladybird's red and black are a warning: it tastes bitter and oozes yellow liquid from its knees when grabbed.
- They find Toad in a garden chair with a big map on his knees.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «knee» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.