Usually means: Joint connecting thigh and shin.
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We found 44 dictionaries that define the word knee:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. knee: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. knee: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. knee: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. knee: Collins English Dictionary
  5. knee: Vocabulary.com
  6. Knee, knee: Wordnik
  7. knee: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Knee, Knee, Knee, Knee, Knee: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. knee: Wiktionary
  10. knee: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. knee: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. knee: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. knee: Dictionary.com
  14. knee: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. knee: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Knee (construction), Knee (disambiguation), Knee (geography), Knee (strike), Knee: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Knee: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. knee: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. knee: Rhymezone
  20. knee: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. knee: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Knee: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. knee: Free Dictionary
  24. knee: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. knee: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. knee: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knee: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Knee: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Knee: Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Knee (strike), knee: Medical dictionary
  6. Knee: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. knee: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. knee, knee: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Knee, The Knee: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  3. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  4. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See kneed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
noun:  In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
noun:  The part of a garment that covers the knee.
noun:  (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
noun:  (archaic) An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
noun:  Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
noun:  A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
noun:  (figurative) The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To kneel to.
verb:  (transitive) To poke or strike with the knee.
verb:  (reflexive) To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.

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