The knee is the part of your leg where it bends in the middle. It helps you walk, run, and jump.
She hurt her knee while running.
He bent his knee to sit down.
This meaning refers to the place on clothes where the knee is located. Sometimes pants or jackets have special parts or holes here.
My pants have a hole in the knee.
The jacket's knee area was patched.
This meaning means the way the knee bends or moves. It is the angle between the upper and lower leg.
She felt pain when bending her knee.
The knee's angle changes when you sit.
In plumbing or construction, a knee is a curved or bent part of a pipe that changes its direction.
The pipe has a knee to change direction.
Fix the knee in the water pipe carefully.
To knee means to bend your leg so that your knee touches the ground. People do this to pray, look closely, or rest.
He kneeled to tie his shoe.
She kneeled to look at the flower.
This meaning is a physical action where you use your knee to hit or push someone or something.
He kneed the ball to pass it.
She kneed her opponent quickly.
This meaning describes a sharp turn or bend in a natural or man-made path, like a river or road.
The river makes a knee before the valley.
Drive carefully at the knee in the road.
