kneel

«kneel» in Mova's school dictionary: to go down or stay with one or both knees on the ground — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (kneel, kneels, knelt or kneeled, kneeling)

meaning for a pupil

To kneel is to go down or stay with one or both knees on the ground. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people kneel to tie shoelaces, garden, look under things or talk to small children at their level. In some religions, people kneel to pray. In stories, a knight kneels before the king, or someone kneels to propose marriage. In first aid, you kneel beside an injured person. Phrases: kneel down, kneel on, kneel beside, on bended knee.

examples

• She knelt down to tie her shoelace. tree →
• Kneel beside the person and check if they are breathing. tree →
• The knight knelt before the queen. tree →
• We knelt on the grass to look at the ants. tree →
• Grandma kneels on a cushion when she gardens. tree →
• The children knelt to pray in the church. tree →
• Now the lovers kneel down, and one of them sings: tree →

note

Silent k: say «neel». Past: «knelt» (more common in UK) or «kneeled» (common in US). Noun: knee. Homophone trap: «kneel» vs «Neil» (a name).

In the corpora

• O come, let us bow down and bend the knee; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kneel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.