How do you use the word "knee" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "knee": I'm afraid I have water in my knee joint. The boy fell and scraped his knee.

Knee Meaning

/niː/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounIn humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

nounIn the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.

Sentence Examples

I'm afraid I have water in my knee joint.

The boy fell and scraped his knee.

He injured his knee playing hockey.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

stifle

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

He injured his ____ while running fast and could not bend his leg at all.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She hurt her ____ when she tripped and fell on the pavement while she was running in the park today.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéw-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéwom Proto-Germanic *knewą Proto-West Germanic *kneu Old English cnēo Middle English kne English knee Inherited from Middle English kne, from Old English cnēow, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéw-o-m, a thematic derivative of *ǵónu. See also West Frisian knibbel, Low German Knee, Knie, Dutch knie, German Knie, Danish knæ, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kne, Swedish knä; also Hittite 𒄀𒉡 (genu), Latin genū, Tocharian A kanweṃ (dual), Tocharian B kenī, Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), Welsh glin (“knee”), Old Armenian ծունր (cunr), Avestan 𐬲𐬥𐬎𐬨 (žnum), Sanskrit जानु (jā́nu). The obsolete plural kneen is from Middle English kneen, knen, kneon, kneuwene.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"He made him ſtoup perforce vnto his knee, / And doe vnwilling worſhip to the Saint, / That on his ſhield depainted he did ſee[…]" — 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 249:

"KORRIS: I have tasted your heart. You have been with them, but you are still "of" us. Do not deny the challenge of your destiny. Get off your knees and soar. Open your eyes and let the dream take flight." — 1988 March 21, Vaughn Armstrong, Heart of Glory (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (Science Fiction), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC:

"Deck beams were supported by hanging knees, triangular pieces of wood typically found underneath the timbers they are designed to support, but in this case found above them." — 1980, Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 41:

"Give them title, knee, and approbation." — c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], line 36:

"[…] and he made a knee to the Caesar of Patna, giving that man all honour due to him." — 2009, C. E. Murphy, The Pretender's Crown, page 127:

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