knee

knee is on the Basic English 850 List.

kiss - knee - knife

Pronunciation

• enPR: nē, IPA ^(key): /niː/
• SAMPA: /ni:/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: nee

Noun

Singular knee

Plural knees

1. (countable) Part of the leg between the thigh and the shin.

   I hurt my knee in football.

Related words

• kneel
• kneecap

Verb

Plain form knee

Third-person singular knees

Past tense kneed

Past participle kneed

Present participle kneeing

1. To hit someone or something with the knee.

   He kneed me in the leg.

Parts of the leg (edit)

hip - thigh - knee - shin - calf

Parts of the body (edit)
head	ears - eyes - eyebrow - nose - mouth - lips - tongue - tooth (pl. teeth) - cheeks - chin
torso	neck - throat - shoulders - chest - breasts - ribs - abdomen - pelvis - back
internal organs	heart - lungs - liver - stomach - kidneys - intestines - bladder - ovaries - uterus/womb
extremities	arms - hands - fingers - legs - feet - toes
sex organs	penis - vagina - testicle - ovary - vulva