About The Word Kneel

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Kneel

Kneel Meaning & Definition
Kneel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Kneel?

[n] supporting yourself on your knees
[v] rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Kneel: kneeling

Related Terms | Find terms related to Kneel: bend | bend the knee | bend the neck | bob | bob a curtsy | bob down | bootlick | bow | bow and scrape | bow down | bow the head | cower | crawl | creep | cringe | crouch | curtsy | duck | fall down before | fawn | flatter | genuflect | grovel | kowtow | lick the dust | lickspittle | make a leg | make a reverence | make obeisance | nod | salaam | scrape | stoop | toadeat | toady | truckle

See Also | motility | motion | move | movement | rest

Kneel In Webster's Dictionary

\Kneel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knelt}or {Kneeled} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Kneeling}.] [OE. knelen, cneolien; akin to D. knielen, Dan. kn[ae]le. See {Knee}.] To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. --Acts vii. 60. As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's Prayer. --Jer. Taylor.

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