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| 1. subst. In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. |  |
| Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell. | |
| 2. subst. In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans. | |
| 3. subst. The part of a garment that covers the knee. | |
| 4. subst. (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent. | |
| 5. subst. (archaic) An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy. | |
| To make a knee. | |
| 6. subst. Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point. | |
| 7. subst. A blow made with the knee; a kneeing. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, archaic) To kneel to. | |
| 9. v. To poke or strike with the knee. | |
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| 1. subst. (anatomy) knee | |
