See genuflect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "προσκυνώ"
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "gera knéfall"
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"word": "koma fyrir kné"
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
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"word": "genuflettere"
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"alt": "ひざまずく",
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "跪く"
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
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"roman": "preklonjátʹ koléna/koléni",
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "doblar la rodilla"
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
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"ref": "1913, Adrian Fortescue, Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Gospel in the Liturgy:",
"text": "At high Mass the deacon and subdeacon stand on either side, genuflect too, and answer.",
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"ref": "1965, Tom Lehrer, The Vatican Rag:",
"text": "First you get down on your knees, fiddle with your rosaries, / Bow your head with great respect and genuflect, genuflect, genuflect.",
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"ref": "circ. 1965, Mario Puzo, The Godfather:",
"text": "She took the holy water on her fingertips and made the sign of the cross, fleetingly touched her wet fingertips to her parched lips. Candles flickered redly before the saints, the Christ on his cross. Kay genuflected before entering her row and then knelt on the hard wooden rail of the pew to wait for her call to Communion.",
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"To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship."
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"(intransitive) To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship."
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"ref": "2017 September 27, Julianne Tveten, “Zucktown, USA”, in The Baffler:",
"text": "Certainly, the megalomaniacs who aim to populate municipal fixtures with registered-trademark logos will expect cities to genuflect at every turn.",
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"(intransitive, figurative) To behave in a servile manner; to grovel."
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"word": "kyyristellä"
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"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"word": "faire une génuflexion"
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"roman": "muxlis modreḳa",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"word": "მუხლის მოდრეკა"
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"roman": "dačokeba",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"word": "დაჩოქება"
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"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"tags": [
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"word": "essere genuflesso"
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"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"tags": [
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"word": "genuflettersi"
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"roman": "presmykátʹsja",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
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"word": "пресмыка́ться"
},
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"_dis1": "7 13 79",
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"roman": "soveršátʹ kolenopreklonénije",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "соверша́ть коленопреклоне́ние"
},
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"roman": "soveršítʹ kolenopreklonénije",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"tags": [
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"word": "соверши́ть коленопреклоне́ние"
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "polvistua"
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "faire une génuflexion"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "génuflexer"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "génuflexionner"
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "dobregar o xeonllo"
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
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"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "მუხლის მოდრეკა"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dačokeba",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "დაჩოქება"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "niederknien"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proskynó",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "προσκυνώ"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kará' bérech",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"tags": [
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"word": "כָּרַע בֶּרֶךְ"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "gera knéfall"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "koma fyrir kné"
},
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "falla á kné"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "knékrjúpa"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"tags": [
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"intransitive"
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"word": "genuflettere"
},
{
"alt": "ひざまずく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hizamazuku",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "跪く"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "زانو خم کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "klękać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "genuflectir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preklonjátʹ koléna/koléni",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"tags": [
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"word": "преклоня́ть коле́на/коле́ни"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preklonítʹ koléna/koléni",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
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"word": "преклони́ть коле́на/коле́ни"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "doblar la rodilla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "arrodillarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "genuflexionar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "prostrarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "postrarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "knäfalla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "knäböja"
},
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "yumukdo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bend the knee, as in servitude, homage, or worship",
"word": "diz çökmek"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"word": "kyyristellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"word": "faire une génuflexion"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "muxlis modreḳa",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"word": "მუხლის მოდრეკა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dačokeba",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"word": "დაჩოქება"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"passive"
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"word": "essere genuflesso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
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"word": "genuflettersi"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "presmykátʹsja",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пресмыка́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soveršátʹ kolenopreklonénije",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "соверша́ть коленопреклоне́ние"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soveršítʹ kolenopreklonénije",
"sense": "to behave in a servile manner",
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"word": "соверши́ть коленопреклоне́ние"
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