Usually means: Assume position on knees, bow.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. kneel: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. kneel: Merriam-Webster
  3. kneel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. kneel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. kneel: Collins English Dictionary
  6. kneel: Vocabulary.com
  7. Kneel, kneel: Wordnik
  8. kneel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. kneel: Wiktionary
  10. kneel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. kneel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. kneel: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Kneel, kneel: Dictionary.com
  14. kneel: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. kneel: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Kneel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Kneel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. kneel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. kneel: Rhymezone
  20. kneel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. kneel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. kneel: FreeDictionary.org
  23. kneel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. kneel: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. kneel: Legal dictionary

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  1. kneel: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. kneel: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See kneeled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
verb:  (intransitive, of a bus or other vehicle) To sink down so that the entrance is level with the pavement, making it easier for passengers to enter.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to kneel.
verb:  (reflexive, archaic) To rest on (one's) knees

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