knee

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

   “Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.”

2. isim In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
3. isim The tarsal joint, uniting the tarsometatarsus and the tibiotarsus (homologous to the human ankle).
4. isim The joint uniting the tibiotarsus and the femur, typically hidden beneath plumage.
5. isim The part of a garment that covers the knee.
6. isim A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.

   “Deck beams were supported by hanging knees, triangular pieces of wood typically found underneath the timbers they are designed to support, but in this case found above them.”

7. isim An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.

   “Give them title, knee, and approbation.”

8. isim Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.

   “the knee of a graph”

9. isim A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.

   “Tante was groggy but not quite out so Winnie gave him a knee to the jaw that Rose had shown her, and that was enough. He slumped like a rag-doll to the floor.”

10. isim The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.

    “The duty is, or should be, a thing taught at one's father's knee, and the structure of the family gently enforces it.”

11. fiil To kneel to.

    “I could as well be brought / To knee his throne and, squire-like, pension beg / To keep base life afoot”

12. fiil To poke or strike with the knee.

    “When I blocked her from leaving, she kneed me in the groin.”

13. fiil To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.

    “Hassan kneed himself up, over, in, soundlessly, feet on floor, knife out, eyes like blunter knife trying to cut darkness.”