bend+the+knee

  • 11knee — ► NOUN 1) the joint between the thigh and the lower leg. 2) the upper surface of a person s thigh when sitting. 3) something resembling a knee in shape or position, e.g. an angled piece of wood or metal. ► VERB (knees, kneed, kneeing) ▪ hit with… …

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  • 12bend one's knee — bend one s (or the) knee figurative submit a country no longer willing to bend its knee to foreign powers …

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  • 13bend — bend1 W3S3 [bend] v past tense and past participle bent [bent] [: Old English; Origin: bendan] 1.) [I and T] to move part of your body so that it is not straight or so that you are not upright ▪ Lee bent and kissed her. ▪ She bent her head. ▪… …

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  • 14bend — I UK [bend] / US verb Word forms bend : present tense I/you/we/they bend he/she/it bends present participle bending past tense bent UK [bent] / US past participle bent *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to lean forwards and downwards, or to move …

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  • 15bend — 1 bend, verb past tense and past participle bent bent 1 MOVE YOUR BODY (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move the top half of your body forwards or downwards (+ towards/across etc): He bent towards me and whispered in my ear. | bend over (=bend …

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  • 16bend — bend1 [ bend ] (past tense and past participle bent [ bent ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to lean forward and downward or move the top part of your body forward and downward: He bent and kissed her quickly. bend forward: She bent… …

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  • 17knee — n. & v. n. 1 a (often attrib.) the joint between the thigh and the lower leg in humans. b the corresponding joint in other animals. c the area around this. d the upper surface of the thigh of a sitting person; the lap (held her on his knee). 2… …

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  • 18bend — I n. 1) to make a bend (the river makes a bend) 2) a horseshoe; sharp; slight bend 3) a knee bend 4) (misc.) (colloq.) (BE) round the bend ( mentally unsound ) II v. 1) (D; intr., tr.) to bend to (the road bends to the right; she cannot bend them …

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  • 19knee — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ bony, knobbly, knobby (esp. AmE) ▪ bare ▪ bent …

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  • 20knee — noun 1》 the joint between the thigh and the lower leg.     ↘a person s lap. 2》 an angled piece of wood or metal supporting the beams of a wooden ship. 3》 an abrupt obtuse or right angled bend in a graph. verb (knees, kneeing, kneed) hit with the… …

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