kneel /niːl/ (
also kneel down)
verb (
past tense and past participle knelt /nelt/
or kneeled American English)
[intransitive][
Language: Old English;
Origin: cneowlian]
to be in or move into a position where your body is resting on your knees:
Tom knelt down and patted the dog.kneel on She knelt on the floor and put more wood on the fire. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲