kneel
/niːl/
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Translation
To go down and rest on one or both of your knees.
Word origin
From Old English cneowlian, from cneow meaning knee.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- cneowlian
Grammar
Verb typeregular (kneel, kneels, kneeled)
Examples
pray.
"Kneel" means to rest on your knees.
.
"Kneeled" is the past form of "kneel".
beside .
"Kneels" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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