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noun
- In humans, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
- Jessica was wearing shorts, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.
- (skeleton) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.
- (anatomy) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
- Quotations
- 1980: Deck beams were supported by hanging knees, triangular pieces of wood typically found underneath the timbers they are designed to support, but in this case found above them. — Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 41.
- An act of kneel, kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
- Give them title, knee, and approbation. Shak.
- Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point
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noun
- Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
- By extension of (1) a mechanical joint.
- A cut of meat.
- (context, sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
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