knee

knee is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
2. noun. The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.
3. noun. In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.
4. noun. A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
5. noun. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
6. transitive verb. To supplicate by kneeling.
7. noun. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

   Synonyms: stifle

8. noun. the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee
9. noun. hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

   Synonyms: genu

Synonyms

stifle, genu

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in knee:

keen

Common word forms

kneed, knees, kneeing

Words from these letters

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