KNEEL
What does "KNEEL" mean?
To rest on one or both knees, lowering the body to the ground.
Meanings
- To go down or rest on the knees. She knelt to lace her child's shoe on the crowded platform.
- To assume the posture of submission, prayer, or homage. The knights were told to kneel before the queen. formal
Did you know?
- 'Kneel' is one of a small set of English verbs with two living past tenses: 'knelt' (favored in Britain) and 'kneeled' (more common in America) are both standard.
Word origin
From Old English 'cneowlian', from 'cneow' (knee), of Germanic origin; the word is built directly on the noun for the joint.
Remember it
KNEEL = KNEE + L, and the L is the bent shape your leg makes when you go down.
A little poem
He kneels in the dirt-
not to pray, but to retie
his daughter's loose lace.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the knight kneel before the blacksmith? He'd heard the man could really forge a bond.
What it teaches
To kneel is not always to surrender; sometimes it is how you get low enough to help.
Quick facts
What does KNEEL mean?
To rest on one or both knees, lowering the body to the ground.
Is KNEEL a valid word?
Yes — KNEEL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is KNEEL?
KNEEL has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does KNEEL come from?
From Old English 'cneowlian', from 'cneow' (knee), of Germanic origin; the word is built directly on the noun for the joint.
What can KNEEL teach us?
To kneel is not always to surrender; sometimes it is how you get low enough to help.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.