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to kneel
01
to support the weight of the body on a knee or both knees
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
kneel
3rd person singular
kneels
Past simple
knelt
Past participle
knelt
Examples
In prayer, the congregation was instructed to kneel and seek solace in their faith.
Kneel
01
the act or position of supporting oneself on the knees
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
kneels
Examples
He dropped to a kneel to tie his shoe.
Lexical Tree
kneeler
kneeling
kneel
