knee : Idioms & Phrases

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Housemaid's knee

  • noun swelling of the bursa in the knee (due to trauma or excessive kneeling)
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  • (Med.), a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who work upon their knees.
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human knee

  • noun hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
    knee; genu; articulatio genus; human knee.
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knee bend

  • noun exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
    squatting; squat.
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knee brace

  • noun a brace worn to strengthen the knee
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Knee breeches

  • noun trousers ending above the knee
    knee breeches; knickers; knickerbockers; breeches.
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  • . See under Breeches.
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Knee holly, Knee holm

  • (Bot.), butcher's broom.
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Knee jerk

  • noun a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon
    patellar reflex; knee jerk.
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  • (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one of the so-called tendon reflexes.
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Knee joint

  • noun hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
    knee; genu; articulatio genus; human knee.
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  • . See in the Vocabulary.
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knee pad

  • noun protective garment consisting of a pad worn by football or baseball or hockey players
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knee pants

  • noun trousers ending above the knee
    knee breeches; knickers; knickerbockers; breeches.
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knee piece

  • noun armor plate that protects the knee
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Knee timber

  • timber with knees or angles in it.
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Knee tribute, or Knee worship

  • tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection. Obs. "Knee tribute yet unpaid."
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knee-crooking

Knee"-crook`ing adjective
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  1. Obsequious; fawning; cringing. "Knee-crooking knave." Shak.
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knee-deep

  • adjective satellite coming only to the ankle or knee
    ankle-deep.
  • adverb up to the knees
    knee-deep.
    • we were standing knee-deep in the water
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Knee"-deep` adjective
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  1. Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep.
    Grass knee-deep within a month. Milton.
  2. Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.
    Where knee-deep the trees were standing. Longfellow.
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knee-hi

  • noun a sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees
    knee-hi.
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knee-high

  • noun a sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees
    knee-hi.
  • adverb up to the knees
    knee-deep.
    • we were standing knee-deep in the water
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Knee"-high` adjective
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  1. Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high.
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knee-jerk reflex

  • noun a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon
    patellar reflex; knee jerk.
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knee-length

  • adjective extending to the knee
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knock-knee

  • noun an inward slant of the thigh
    tibia valga; genu valgum.
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Knock"-knee` noun
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  1. (Med.) A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.
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Stern knee

  • . See Sternson.
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thick-knee

  • noun large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
    Burhinus oedicnemus; stone curlew.
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Thick"-knee` noun
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  1. (Zoöl.) A stone curlew. See under Stone.
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Transom knees

  • (Shipbuilding), knees bolted to the transoms and after timbers.
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water on the knee

  • noun hydrarthrosis affecting the knee
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