kneel

Pronunciation

• enPR: nēl, IPA ^(key): /niːl/

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Verb

Plain form kneel

Third-person singular kneels

Past tense knelt

Past participle knelt

Present participle kneeling

1. If you kneel, you lower your body and put one or two of your knees on the floor.

   In many religions, people kneel when they pray.