knee
Because it is a word with a single syllable, knee is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofknee
- In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
Example: "Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell."
- In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
- The part of a garment that covers the knee.
- A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
- An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
Example: "To make a knee."
- Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
Example: "the knee of a graph"
- A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
- To kneel to.
Example: "1605: I could as well be brought / To knee his throne and, squire-like, pension beg / To keep base life afoot. — William Shakespeare, King Lear II.ii"
- To poke or strike with the knee.
- To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.
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