Phrase Hound found 128 phrases and 72 compound words that contain knee. The most common are listed below. Open knee in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 128
- knee-highUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee, high: reaching to the height of a person's knees.
- take the kneeAlternative form of take a knee: To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.
- bend the kneeTo swear fealty or allegiance to another person.
- take a kneeTo come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.
- taking the kneepresent participle and gerund of take the knee
- took the kneesimple past of take the knee
- Knee injury
- knee padA protective garment worn on a knee to protect it from injury, for example due to a blow or a fall.
- knee-jerkUnthinking, not carefully considered, (nearly) automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable.
- taking a kneepresent participle and gerund of take a knee
- knee-deepReaching up to the knees.
- taken the kneepast participle of take the knee: To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.
- takes the kneethird-person singular simple present indicative of take the knee: To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.
- knee-lengthReaching to the knee.
- water on the kneeThe accumulation of excess synovial fluid in or around the knee joint.
- knock kneeThe medical condition genu valgum.
- thick-kneeAny of several species of large terrestrial birds in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae.
- flying kneeA strike performed by jumping forward and hitting the opponent with the knee.
- Wounded KneeA census-designated place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States.
- gave a kneesimple past of give a knee
- give a kneeTo act as second or bottleholder in a fight, the principal resting on the second's knee during the pauses between the rounds.
- given a kneepast participle of give a knee: To act as second or bottleholder in a fight, the principal resting on the second's knee during the pauses between the rounds.
- gives a kneethird-person singular simple present indicative of give a knee: To act as second or bottleholder in a fight, the principal resting on the second's knee during the pauses between the rounds.
- giving a kneepresent participle and gerund of give a knee
- offer a kneeSynonym of give a knee: To act as second or bottleholder in a fight, the principal resting on the second's knee during the pauses between the rounds.
Compound words 72
- kneelTo rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
- kneecapThe flat, roundish bone in the knee.
- kneeboardA short (often less than 6'), broad (sometimes extremely broad) surfboard designed to be ridden in the surf in a kneeling position, and often having traction pads in the central area as an alternative to wax, to help the knees grip the …
- kneesieKnee.
- kneefulEnough to cover of fill a knee.
- kneejointThe joint of the knee.
- kneeletA band or piece of jewellery worn around the knee.
- kninklesKnee wrinkles.
- kneesiesflirtatious touching using the knee(s)
- kneebandThe band at the bottom of a leg on a pair of breeches.