Knee | Mean of knee in English Dictionary

/ˈniː/

• Noun
• the joint that bends at the middle of your leg
1. I fell down and hurt my knee.
2. She suffered a serious knee injury.
3. His knees trembled/shook with fear.
4. She dropped/fell/sank to her knees [=she knelt down] and begged for forgiveness. = She got down on her knees and begged for forgiveness.
5. He got/went down on one knee and proposed to her.
6. If you want to clean the floor properly, you have to get down on your (hands and) knees [=you have to kneel down on the floor] and start scrubbing.
• the upper part of your leg when you are sitting
1. His little granddaughter sat on his knee.
• the part that covers the knee on a pair of pants
1. Her jeans had holes at the knees.

• a forceful hit with a bent knee
1. She gave him a knee to the stomach. [=she kneed him in the stomach]
• to completely defeat or overwhelm (someone)
1. The general vowed he would bring the enemy to their knees.
2. The increase in oil prices could bring the economy to its knees. [=it could greatly hurt the economy]
• to learn (something) when you are very young
1. I learned to speak French at my mother's knee.
• Verb
• to hit (a person) with your knee
1. His attacker kneed him in the stomach.