knee (original) (raw)
Meaning of knee in English
Examples of knee
knee
The children sat as close to the flames as possible with their knees slightly touching.
They started travelling after five rainless days, so that the river water never reached above their knees.
The knees, hips and ankles are considered as uniaxial frictionless joints.
They could bring a troublesome boss to his knees by threatening to withdraw their labor.
On examination there was no redness or swelling of any other joints and no temperature difference between the 2 knees.
On examination the knees are painful, swollen (due to synovial thickening) and warm to the touch.
As a consequence, we choose to study a planar biped with only four actuators: two on the haunch and two on the knees.
Such a planar system comprises six joints: two ankles, two knees and two coaxial hip joints.
Synovial effusion was evident in the wrists, elbows and knees.
Often the disease begins in the proximal finger joints and wrists and later spreads to the elbows, shoulders, knees, ankles and feet.
Draw the 'lazy 8' with the arm keeping the hips and knees relaxed.
From the cool darkness, he lifted me upward gracefully in one swoop into his arms and placed me on his knees.
The shroud is usually knotted at the head and feet, and sufficiently open to expose the breast and knees of the deceased.
Pressure can be taken off the spine by using a firm mattress and placing a pillow under the knees.
Such a planar system is provided with six joints: two ankles, two knees and two coaxial joints at the hip.
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Collocations with knee
These are words often used in combination with knee.
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You promised, on bended knee, that her son was safe to return from exile.
If he is going to be incapacitated by his injured knee, he is unlikely to rise very high, but at least he would have the status of a police officer.
This extension moment acts to slow the thigh and allow a transfer of momentum to the shank, to encourage knee extension.
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Translations of knee
in Chinese (Traditional)
膝，膝蓋, （褲子的）膝部, 用膝蓋撞擊…
in Chinese (Simplified)
膝，膝盖, （裤子的）膝部, 用膝盖撞击…
in Spanish
rodilla, dar un rodillazo a, rodilla [feminine…
in Portuguese
joelho, joelho [masculine]…
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पायाचा मधला सांधा जो पायाला वाकण्यास अनुमती देतो, गुडघा…
diz, pantolonun diz kısmı…
genou [masculine], genoux [masculine, plural]…
காலை வளைக்க அனுமதிக்கும் காலின் நடுப்பகுதி மூட்டு…
das Knie, das Knie(-stück)…
kne [neuter], fang [neuter], kne…
หัวเข่า, กางเกงขาสั้นยาวแค่หัวเข่า…
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