kneel
11kneel — [nēl] vi. knelt or kneeled, kneeling [ME knelen < OE cneowlian < cneow, KNEE] to bend or rest on a knee or the knees …
12kneel */ — UK [niːl] / US [nɪl] verb [intransitive] Word forms kneel : present tense I/you/we/they kneel he/she/it kneels present participle kneeling past tense knelt UK [nelt] / US past participle knelt a) kneel or kneel down to put one or both knees on… …
13kneel — [[t]ni͟ːl[/t]] kneels, kneeling, kneeled, knelt VERB (The forms kneeled and knelt can both be used for the past tense and past participle.) When you kneel, you bend your legs so that your knees are touching the ground. [V prep/adv] She knelt by… …
14Kneel — This interesting name is a variant form of the surname Neil , which is of Gaelic (Irish) origin from the personal name Niall , thought to mean champion . The Norsemen who settled in Ireland before the 11th Century adopted the name as Njall , and… …
15kneel — v. (D; intr.) to kneel before * * * [niːl] (D; intr.) to kneel before …
16kneel — /nil / (say neel) verb (i) (knelt or kneeled, kneeling) 1. to fall or rest on the knees or a knee. –noun 2. the action or position of kneeling. –phrase 3. kneel on, Colloquial to oppress; force into submission. 4. kneel to, to submit oneself …
17kneel — verb /niːl/ To stoop down and rest on the knee or knees. See Also: genuflect, kneel down …
18kneel — also kneel down verb past tense and past participle knelt also kneeled AmE (I) to be in or move into a position where your body is resting on your knees: a statue of a kneeling figure (+ on): We knelt on the floor to have a good look at the map …
19kneel — [[t]nil[/t]] v. i. knelt kneeled, kneel•ing to go down or rest on the knees or a knee • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME knelen, OE cnēowlian (c. MLG knēlen, D knielen). See knee, le …
20Kneel to the Rising Sun — is a collection of short stories by Erskine Caldwell first published in 1935. The seventeen stories, only a few pages each, all deal with various tragedies occurring in the early twentieth century American South, chiefly caused by poverty or… …
