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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "kneel before"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "kneeler"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "kneeling bus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "kneeling chair"
}
],
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},
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{
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},
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},
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"4": "",
"5": "to kneel"
},
"expansion": "Old English cnēowlian (“to kneel”)",
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"2": "knee",
"3": "le"
},
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"2": "knielen",
"3": "",
"4": "to kneel"
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"expansion": "Dutch knielen (“to kneel”)",
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},
"expansion": "Low German knelen (“to kneel”)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "knielen"
},
"expansion": "German knielen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "kneulen"
},
"expansion": "kneulen",
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "knülen",
"3": "",
"4": "to kneel"
},
"expansion": "knülen (“to kneel”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "knæle",
"3": "",
"4": "to kneel"
},
"expansion": "Danish knæle (“to kneel”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English knelen, knewlen, from Old English cnēowlian (“to kneel”), equivalent to knee + -le. Cognate with Dutch knielen (“to kneel”), Low German knelen (“to kneel”), dialectal German knielen, kneulen, knülen (“to kneel”), Danish knæle (“to kneel”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kneels",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kneeling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "knelt",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "knelt",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kneeled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kneeled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "kneel (third-person singular simple present kneels, present participle kneeling, simple past and past participle knelt or kneeled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "kneel down"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "genuflect"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position."
],
"id": "en-kneel-en-verb-1Zx3N7tG",
"links": [
[
"knee",
"knee"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
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{
"_dis": "17 44 19 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -le",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To sink down so that the entrance is level with the pavement, making it easier for passengers to enter."
],
"id": "en-kneel-en-verb-h~ASjGy1",
"links": [
[
"sink",
"sink"
],
[
"entrance",
"entrance"
],
[
"level",
"level"
],
[
"pavement",
"pavement"
],
[
"passenger",
"passenger"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a bus or other vehicle"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She knelt the doll to fit it into the box.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1898, K.L. Montgomery, “The Red Rosary”, in The Ludgate Illustrated Magazine, volume 6, page 47",
"text": "Raising the girl with unexpected strength, she bore her towards the chapel, the firesparks flickered in her eyes, as she knelt her burden against the altar step.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Norman Horrod, On a Different Note, page 47",
"text": "Kneel him down and stick his head in. No, don't let him up, just hold him there.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Joseph T. Wells, Fraud Fighter: My Fables and Foibles, page 201",
"text": "He took the wife in his car to the piney woods outside town, and knelt her down.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause to kneel."
],
"id": "en-kneel-en-verb-Qgpx5f7A",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cause to kneel."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He knelt him down to pray.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1833, Robert Pollok, “The Course of Time”, in The Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber, and Pollok, page 33",
"text": "Just when the damsel kneeled herself to pray.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To rest on (one's) knees"
],
"id": "en-kneel-en-verb-14CWQSfm",
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive, archaic) To rest on (one's) knees"
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"reflexive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "akl",
"lang": "Aklanon",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "euhod"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rakaʕa",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "رَكَعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jaṯā",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "جَثَا"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rakaʕ",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "ركع"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cnki gal",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ծնկի գալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cnkel",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ծնկել"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cunr dnel",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ծունր դնել"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cnradrel",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ծնրադրել"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʻokʻel",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "չոքել"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ndzinucljedzu"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ndzinuclju"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "tubıqlanıw",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "тубыҡланыу"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "teźlənew",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "теҙләнеү"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "belaunikatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ukljenčvacʹ",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "укленчваць"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "koleniča",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "коленича"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "du:htauk",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ဒူးထောက်"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "agenollar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "luhod"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "daliniquanvvsga",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ᏓᎵᏂᏆᏅᎥᏍᎦ"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "achokmilhka"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "achokmíyyi'lhka"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gwai⁶",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "跪"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàguì",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "下跪"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "kleknout si"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "pokleknout"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "klečet"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knæle"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knielen"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "genui"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "põlvitama"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "leggja seg á knæ"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "polvistua"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "s’agenouiller"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "axeonllar"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "muxlze",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "მუხლზე"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "muxlis moq̇ra",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "მუხლის მოყრა"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dačokeba",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "დაჩოქება"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knien"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gonatízo",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "γονατίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "proskunéō",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "προσκυνέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "seeqqumiarpoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"alt": "kara`",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "כָּרַע"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "agluhod"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "hil",
"lang": "Hiligaynon",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "luhod"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "térdel"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knïe"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "krjúpa"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "berlutut"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ga",
"english": "move to a kneeling position",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "sléacht"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ga",
"english": "move to a kneeling position",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "téigh ar do ghlúine"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ga",
"english": "be in a kneeling position",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "bí ar do ghlúine"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "inginocchiarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"alt": "ひざまずく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hizamazuku",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "跪く"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "dhengkul"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "juelha"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "siklod"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "siklaud"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "lut",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "លុត"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kkulta",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "꿇다"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "çekbûn",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "چەکبوون"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "nomesties ceļos"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "berlutut"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "muṭṭukuttuka",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "മുട്ടുകുത്തുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "msk",
"lang": "Mansaka",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "lood"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "tūturi"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "övdög sögdön",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "өвдөг сөгдөн"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ntsideegeeh"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "s'agenouoilli"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "čippostit"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knele"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "kaw",
"lang": "Old Javanese",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "dĕku"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zânu zadan",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "زانو زدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "klęczeć"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ajoelhar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ullpukuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "îngenunchea"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preklonjátʹsja",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "преклоня́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stojátʹ na kolénjax",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стоя́ть на коле́нях"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "клекнути"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "клечати"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "kleknuti"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "klečati"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "poklekniti"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "klečati"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "dsb",
"english": "move to a kneeling position; se",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "klěkaś"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "dsb",
"english": "be in a kneeling position",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kólenkowaś"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "arrodillarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ahinojar"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "kupiga magoti"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knäböja"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knäfalla"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "falla på knä"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "luhod"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kúk-kào",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "คุกเข่า"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "diz çökmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kljakaty",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "клякати"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vkljakaty",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "вклякати"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stavaty na kolina",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ставати на коліна"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "quỳ"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "penlinio"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "penglinio"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 6 4 55",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "çok biyen"
}
]
}
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{
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"homophone": "Neal"
},
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"homophone": "Neil"
},
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"homophone": "Niel"
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"English terms derived from Old English",
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"English terms with homophones",
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"word": "kneel before"
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"4": "to kneel"
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"args": {
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"args": {
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"4": "to kneel"
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],
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{
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},
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"word": "kneel down"
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{
"word": "genuflect"
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"To sink down so that the entrance is level with the pavement, making it easier for passengers to enter."
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"text": "She knelt the doll to fit it into the box.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1898, K.L. Montgomery, “The Red Rosary”, in The Ludgate Illustrated Magazine, volume 6, page 47",
"text": "Raising the girl with unexpected strength, she bore her towards the chapel, the firesparks flickered in her eyes, as she knelt her burden against the altar step.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Norman Horrod, On a Different Note, page 47",
"text": "Kneel him down and stick his head in. No, don't let him up, just hold him there.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Joseph T. Wells, Fraud Fighter: My Fables and Foibles, page 201",
"text": "He took the wife in his car to the piney woods outside town, and knelt her down.",
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"To cause to kneel."
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"(transitive) To cause to kneel."
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"text": "He knelt him down to pray.",
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"ref": "1833, Robert Pollok, “The Course of Time”, in The Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber, and Pollok, page 33",
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"type": "quotation"
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"To rest on (one's) knees"
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"(reflexive, archaic) To rest on (one's) knees"
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{
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"homophone": "Neil"
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{
"code": "akl",
"lang": "Aklanon",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "euhod"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rakaʕa",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "رَكَعَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jaṯā",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "جَثَا"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rakaʕ",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "ركع"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cnki gal",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ծնկի գալ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cnkel",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ծնկել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cunr dnel",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ծունր դնել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cnradrel",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ծնրադրել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʻokʻel",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "չոքել"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ndzinucljedzu"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ndzinuclju"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "tubıqlanıw",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "тубыҡланыу"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "teźlənew",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "теҙләнеү"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "belaunikatu"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ukljenčvacʹ",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "укленчваць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "koleniča",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "коленича"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "du:htauk",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ဒူးထောက်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "agenollar-se"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "luhod"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "daliniquanvvsga",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ᏓᎵᏂᏆᏅᎥᏍᎦ"
},
{
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "achokmilhka"
},
{
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "achokmíyyi'lhka"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gwai⁶",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "跪"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàguì",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "下跪"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "kleknout si"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "pokleknout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "klečet"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knæle"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knielen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "genui"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "põlvitama"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "leggja seg á knæ"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "polvistua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "s’agenouiller"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "axeonllar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "muxlze",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "მუხლზე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "muxlis moq̇ra",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "მუხლის მოყრა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dačokeba",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "დაჩოქება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knien"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gonatízo",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "γονατίζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "proskunéō",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "προσκυνέω"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "seeqqumiarpoq"
},
{
"alt": "kara`",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "כָּרַע"
},
{
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "agluhod"
},
{
"code": "hil",
"lang": "Hiligaynon",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "luhod"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "térdel"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knïe"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "krjúpa"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "berlutut"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "move to a kneeling position",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "sléacht"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "move to a kneeling position",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "téigh ar do ghlúine"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "be in a kneeling position",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "bí ar do ghlúine"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "inginocchiarsi"
},
{
"alt": "ひざまずく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hizamazuku",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "跪く"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "dhengkul"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "juelha"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "siklod"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "siklaud"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "lut",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "លុត"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kkulta",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "꿇다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "çekbûn",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "چەکبوون"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "nomesties ceļos"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "berlutut"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "muṭṭukuttuka",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "മുട്ടുകുത്തുക"
},
{
"code": "msk",
"lang": "Mansaka",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "lood"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "tūturi"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "övdög sögdön",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "өвдөг сөгдөн"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ntsideegeeh"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "s'agenouoilli"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "čippostit"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knele"
},
{
"code": "kaw",
"lang": "Old Javanese",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "dĕku"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zânu zadan",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "زانو زدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "klęczeć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ajoelhar-se"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ullpukuy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "îngenunchea"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preklonjátʹsja",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "преклоня́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stojátʹ na kolénjax",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стоя́ть на коле́нях"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "клекнути"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "клечати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "kleknuti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "klečati"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "poklekniti"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "klečati"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"english": "move to a kneeling position; se",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "klěkaś"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"english": "be in a kneeling position",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kólenkowaś"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "arrodillarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "ahinojar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "kupiga magoti"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knäböja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "knäfalla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "falla på knä"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "luhod"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kúk-kào",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "คุกเข่า"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "diz çökmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kljakaty",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "клякати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vkljakaty",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "вклякати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stavaty na kolina",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ставати на коліна"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "quỳ"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "penlinio"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "penglinio"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to stoop down and rest on the knee",
"word": "çok biyen"
}
],
"word": "kneel"
}
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