[niː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the joint between the thigh and the lower leg in humans
(e.g: the ball bounced off his knee and ran out wide)

- an angled piece of wood or metal frame used to connect and support the beams and timbers of a wooden ship

- an abrupt obtuse or approximately right-angled bend in a graph between parts where the slope varies smoothly


Phrases:
- at one's mother's knee
- bend the knee
- bring someone to their knees
- fall to one's knees
- on bended knee
- on one's knees
- take a knee
- weak at the knees

Origin:
Old English cnēow, cnēo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch knie and German Knie, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin genu and Greek gonu

[niː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- hit (someone) with one's knee
(e.g: she kneed him in the groin)


Phrases:
- at one's mother's knee
- bend the knee
- bring someone to their knees
- fall to one's knees
- on bended knee
- on one's knees
- take a knee
- weak at the knees

Origin:
Old English cnēow, cnēo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch knie and German Knie, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin genu and Greek gonu