KNELT
What does "KNELT" mean?
Past tense and past participle of kneel: rested on the knees.
Meanings
- Went down or rested on the knees. He knelt by the bed and listened for her breathing.
- Took the posture of prayer, homage, or submission. The whole congregation knelt as the bell rang. formal
Did you know?
- 'Knelt' borrowed its -t ending by analogy with verbs like 'feel/felt' and 'dwell/dwelt'; the regular 'kneeled' is the older form, and the irregular one is the newcomer.
Word origin
Past tense of 'kneel', from Old English 'cneowlian', from 'cneow' (knee); 'knelt' formed by analogy with verbs like 'feel/felt' and 'dwell/dwelt'.
Remember it
KNELT rhymes with FELT and DEALT - the irregular past tenses travel in a pack.
A little poem
He knelt where the cold flagstones met the door,
not asking for a thing he didn't have-
just lower, for a while, than the war.
tercet
What it teaches
The act is one word; the meaning depends entirely on what you knelt for.
Quick facts
What does KNELT mean?
Past tense and past participle of kneel: rested on the knees.
Is KNELT a valid word?
Yes — KNELT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is KNELT?
KNELT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does KNELT come from?
Past tense of 'kneel', from Old English 'cneowlian', from 'cneow' (knee); 'knelt' formed by analogy with verbs like 'feel/felt' and 'dwell/dwelt'.
What can KNELT teach us?
The act is one word; the meaning depends entirely on what you knelt for.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.