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kneed

NEED/niːd/

3 meanings of kneed

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past tense and past participle of knee. Use it to talk about hitting or pushing something with your knee in the past.

    He kneed the heavy door shut because both his hands were full.

    She kneed her attacker hard and ran for help.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Having a knee or knees. When joined to another word, having the kind of knee named.

    Most large animals are kneed, so they can fold their legs to lie down.

    Humans are kneed, with a joint in each leg that lets them kneel down.

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  3. 3
    adjective
    Having sharp bends in it, like the angle of a bent knee.

    Like a drinking straw with a sharp bend in the middle.

    The grass had a kneed stem that bent close to the ground.

    Many marsh plants grow kneed, folding sharply where they meet the water.

    Similarangled, bent

    Oppositestraight

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kneed is a form of knee

knee, verb: To hit someone or something using your knee. Full entry

Forms
kneeknees he/she/itkneeing -ing formkneed past tense, past participle
Spelling
knee → kneed: add -d

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Origin

It comes from the word "knee" plus the ending "-ed".