knee

The definition of knee is the joint between the thigh and lower leg.

(noun)

An example of a knee is the part of the body on which a person kneels.

Knee is defined as to hit or strike using the joint between the thigh and lower leg.

(verb)

An example of knee is to hit a soccer ball with this joint.

See knee in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. the joint between the thigh and the lower part of the human leg
2. the front part of the leg at this joint
a joint regarded as corresponding or similar to the human knee, as a joint in the leg of a quadruped or bird
anything resembling or suggesting a knee, esp. a bent knee; specif.,
1. a bent piece of wood used as a brace
2. a protuberant, woody growth on certain trees
the part of a stocking, trouser leg, etc. that covers the knee

Origin: ME kne < OE cneow, akin to Ger knie < IE base *ĝeneu- > Sans jnu, Gr gony, gonia, L genu, a knee

transitive verb kneed, kneeing

See knee in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The joint between the thigh and the lower leg, formed by the articulation of the femur and the tibia and covered anteriorly by the patella.
b. The region of the leg that encloses and supports this joint.
An analogous joint or part of a leg of a quadruped vertebrate.
Something resembling the human knee, such as a bent piece of pipe.
The part of a garment, as of trousers, that covers the knee.
An abrupt woody projection arising from the roots of some swamp-growing trees: cypress knees.