Kneel
[niːl] or [nil]
Definition
(noun.) supporting yourself on your knees.
(verb.) rest one's weight on one's knees; 'In church you have to kneel during parts of the service'.
Edited by Bradley--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.
Checked by Klaus
Definition
v.i. to bend the knee: to rest or fall on the knee:—pa.t. and pa.p. kneeled knelt.—n. Kneel′er one who kneels.
Edited by Karl
Examples
- And in ages to come we will reverence them and kneel before their sepulchres as at the graves of heroes. Plato. The Republic.
- Get down and kneel. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This country vendor of hair was to become one of the world’s great inventors, and to kneel before his sovereign for the accolade that was to make him knight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I felt him kneel beside me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They told me that YOU were on your knees, Sir Pitt: do kneel once more, and let me see this pretty couple! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Do not kiss my dress and kneel to me; you are too old to kneel to me; I forgive you freely without that. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I then knelt down beside the fearsome-looking thing, and raising it to its feet motioned for it to follow me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Gerty knelt beside her, waiting, with the patience born of experience, till this gust of misery should loosen fresh speech. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Margaret knelt down by her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And the Brahmins knelt and hid their faces in their robes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She knelt down and prayed by his bedside, as he did too, having still hold of her hand. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She knelt to spread and roll the robe, then changed her mind and stood up and shook it so it flapped. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The priest was standing, and those who were left were kneeling in a half circle around him and they were all praying. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Good-by,' he said to all those who were kneeling. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- After a while, he laid his hand on Tom's, who was kneeling beside him, and said, Tom! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At length he summoned me by a low, S-s-t, and I crept toward the sound of his voice to find him kneeling on the brink of an opening in the floor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He was speaking to you just now,' said Bradley, kneeling on one knee on the grass beside the Lock-keeper. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She waited, kneeling, steadfastly looking up. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She reads it with surprise, and looks down with a new expression and an added interest on the motionless face she kneels beside. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Rosa, with fresh tears, kneels at her feet and kisses her hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I could myself have kneeled down then, so far away, and blessed him in my rapture that he should be so truly good and brave. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To speak truth, I was beginning to fancy that the old priest resembled that Père Silas, before whom I had kneeled in the church of the Béguinage. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She kneeled down beside it, passed her arm over his neck, and drew his face to hers. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The black kneeled beside the body and, dipping a corner of the cloth in the thoat oil, rubbed for a moment on the dead face before him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She kneeled down playfully by the side of the bed, and laying her chin upon her hands, and laughing, said: 'What was it they said, Davy? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I could not see where his wound was, as I kneeled on one knee over him; but, I could see that he was dying of a wound from a sharp point. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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