- bend one's knee
- ► bend (or bow) one's knee submit.Main Entry: ↑knee
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bend one's knee
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bend one's knee — bend one s (or the) knee figurative submit a country no longer willing to bend its knee to foreign powers … Useful english dictionary
bend (or bow) the (or one's) knee — submit. → knee … English new terms dictionary
bow one's knee — ► bend (or bow) one s knee submit. Main Entry: ↑knee … English terms dictionary
knee — ► NOUN 1) the joint between the thigh and the lower leg. 2) the upper surface of a person s thigh when sitting. 3) something resembling a knee in shape or position, e.g. an angled piece of wood or metal. ► VERB (knees, kneed, kneeing) ▪ hit with… … English terms dictionary
bend the knee — bend (or bow) the (or one s) knee (to) kneel in submission; submit … Useful english dictionary
knee — n. 1) to bend one s knees 2) to dislocate; wrench one s knee 3) a trick ( defective ) knee 4) (fig.) at smb. s knee (she learned the language at her mother s knee) 5) (usu. fig.) on bended knee(s) * * * [niː] wrench one s knee a trick ( defective … Combinatory dictionary
knee — noun 1》 the joint between the thigh and the lower leg. ↘a person s lap. 2》 an angled piece of wood or metal supporting the beams of a wooden ship. 3》 an abrupt obtuse or right angled bend in a graph. verb (knees, kneeing, kneed) hit with the… … English new terms dictionary
Bend — Bend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bended} or {Bent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bending}.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band, bond, fr. bindan to bind. See {Bind}, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th {Bend}.] 1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bend — bend1 W3S3 [bend] v past tense and past participle bent [bent] [: Old English; Origin: bendan] 1.) [I and T] to move part of your body so that it is not straight or so that you are not upright ▪ Lee bent and kissed her. ▪ She bent her head. ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bend — I UK [bend] / US verb Word forms bend : present tense I/you/we/they bend he/she/it bends present participle bending past tense bent UK [bent] / US past participle bent *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to lean forwards and downwards, or to move … English dictionary
