Definitions for kneel

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Spelling: [neel]
IPA: /nil/

Kneel is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in kneel (eekln).

Definitions for kneel

noun

  1. the action or position of kneeling.

verb (used without object)

  1. to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.

Origin of kneel

before 1000; Middle English knelen, Old English cnēowlian (cognate with Low German knelen, Dutch knielen). See knee, -le

Examples for kneel

The three who were killed had been forced to kneel in a prayer position while assassins shot each in the forehead.

Then, as he was about to kneel down, he saw her before him at his feet.

I kneel not, repenting of what I have vowed in such a case as that I have supposed.

Let me not kneel in vain, Madam: let me not be thus despised.

Beyond the Wall, the free folk do not kneel to anyone, unlike their supposedly more civilized neighbors.

"Then kneel on the ground and pull them up with your hands," said the farmer.

As he went to kneel, I took a shot at him and [he] jumped in the door.

I kneel with the journalist in the sand, my face stoic and yet terrified, crying, knowing that I can do nothing but wait.

Peter, I'll just kneel and kiss your hands if you can fix this for me.

The nurse then forces him to stand up, kneel down before his father, and address him as “father” thirty times in a row.

Word Value for kneel
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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