kneed
NEED/niːd/
- 1Past 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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- 2Having 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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kneed is a form of knee
knee, verb: To hit someone or something using your knee. Full entry
- Spelling
- knee → kneed: add -d
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Origin
It comes from the word "knee" plus the ending "-ed".