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knees

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1. knees

   In humans and other primates, the knee joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one between the femur and patella (patellofemoral joint). It is the largest joint in the human body. The knee is a modified hinge joint, which permits flexion and extension as well as slight internal and external rotation. The knee is vulnerable to injury and to the development of osteoarthritis. It is often termed a compound joint having tibiofemoral and patellofemoral components. (The fibular collateral ligament is often considered with tibiofemoral components.)

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1. knees

   Knees are the junctions in a vertebrate's leg where the thigh bone (femur) meets the shinbone (tibia), and typically joined by the kneecap (patella). They are responsible for bending and straightening the leg, facilitating movement such as walking, running, or bending.

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1. 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.

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1. 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

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'knees' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3759

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'knees' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4015

Anagrams for knees »

1. keens

2. skene

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1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of knees in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of knees in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of knees in a Sentence

1. Homer:

   He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.

2. Donald Trump:

   You can see how loyal he is. … I could have said Mitt, drop to your knees, he would have dropped to his knees.

3. Emiliano Zapata:

   It’s better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

4. Swedish Proverb:

   Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.

5. Amal Clooney:

   I launched. I go head over heels, but I landed on my hands and knees. If you did it 100 times, maybe once you land on your hands and knees, and any other version you land, you're toast. It knocked me out of my shoes.

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