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kneel·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. kneel, kneelingnoun

    supporting yourself on your knees

Wiktionary

  1. kneelingnoun

    The act by which someone kneels.

Wikipedia

  1. Kneeling

    Kneeling is a basic human position where one or both knees touch the ground. Kneeling is defined as “to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor,” according to Merriam-Webster. Kneeling when only composed of one knee, and not both, is called genuflection. Kneeling is a primate behavior used to convey deference by making the figure kneeling look smaller than the other. Primates themselves establish pecking orders that are important to the survival and behavior of a group. Chimpanzees, for example, have a complex social group that involves a dominant male and corresponding female with the other submissive males and juvenile chimps. Males who threaten the hierarchy are often severely injured or killed; thus the use of submissive behavior is necessary in order to ensure survival in some instances.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kneeling

    of Kneel

Freebase

  1. Kneeling

    Kneeling is a human position in which the weight is distributed on the knees and feet on a surface close to horizontal. The position of kneeling may be assumed for practical reasons and for reasons of social or religious custom.

Editors Contribution

  1. Kneeling

    Kneeling is a form of submission and humility.

    When a man wants to propose to a woman; when a person is pleading for their life or a killer sometimes will have the victim fall on their knee(s) to beg/plea for their life.


    Submitted by anonymous on May 2, 2019  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kneeling in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kneeling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of kneeling in a Sentence

  1. President Trump:

    We're saluting one great American flag, and everybody stood upyesterday.There was nobody kneeling at thebeginning of the Super Bowl!We've made a lot ofimprovements, haven't we?That's a big improvement!

  2. Bubba Wallace:

    You're getting both sides, a lot of positive outreach and gaining new fans as George Floyd and Breonna Taylor go, then you got your fans who will never watch NASCAR again, the same fans who will never watch the NFL after the kneeling, the same fans that were crying out that George Floyd and Breonna Taylor're ruining their lives and just throwing a pity party.

  3. Steve King:

    Ted Kennedy said,' this won't change the demographic makeup in America,' and he meant there'll be just as many Irish coming in as there used to be. And of course, that didn't turn out to be true, and now we have people kneeling on the sidelines at the pro football games out of disrespect to our flag and what it stands for.

  4. Bubba Wallace:

    You're getting both sides, a lot of positive outreach and gaining new fans as we go, then you got your fans who will never watch NASCAR again, the same fans who will never watch the NFL after the kneeling, the same fans that were crying out that we're ruining their lives and just throwing a pity party.

  5. Bethzabet Martinez Amador:

    I remember walking into our living room one morning and seeing my dad kneeling in front of an entire car motor, he had a small hydraulic floor crane that he had used to hang the motor. Needless to say, my mom was livid at him for bringing all of his tools into the house.

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