What does knees mean?
Definitions for knees
knees
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word knees.
Did you actually mean knee-high or kinesis?
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
knees
Dagger-knees are those which are fixed rather obliquely to avoid an adjacent gun-port, or where, from the vicinity of the next beam, there is not space for the arms of two lodging-knees.--Lodging-knees are fixed horizontally in the ship's frame, having one arm bolted to the beam, and the other across two or three of the timbers.--Standard-knees are those which, being upon a deck, have one arm bolted down to it, and the other pointing upwards secured to the ship's side; such also, are the bits and channels.
Editors Contribution
kneesnoun
Plural noun of knee.
She bent down on her knees to cut the flowerbeds back in the Autumn.
Submitted by MaryC on January 3, 2016
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'knees' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3759
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'knees' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4015
Anagrams for knees »
skene
keens
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of knees in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of knees in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of knees in a Sentence
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.
That convinced him to surrender and he put his sword down and got down on his hands and knees.
So, I got on my knees, and then I heard the first shot.
It was just lying there, on its back, knees slightly bent like someone would lie on the sand at the beach.
I lived in the U.S. for about five years, after I came back, I cried and I cried... I got on my knees. I kissed the ground. I was home.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for knees
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- ಮಂಡಿಗಳುKannada
Get even more translations for knees »
Translation
Find a translation for the knees definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"knees." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2022. Web. 25 May 2022. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/knees>.
Discuss these knees definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In