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Definition: Kneeling |
KneelingAdjective1. On your knees. Noun1. Supporting yourself on your knees. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "kneeling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Synonym: KneelingSynonym: kneel (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courtesy | Obeisance; (reverence); bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection; (worship); obsequiousness; capping, shaking hands; Verb: grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token; (endearment); kiss, buss, salute. |
Respect | Homage, fealty, obeisance, genuflection, kneeling prostration; obsequiousness; salaam, kowtow, bow, presenting arms, salute. |
Submission | Obeisance, homage, kneeling, genuflexion, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow, prostration. |
Worship | Noun: worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation; kneeling, genuflection, prostration. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Kneeling |
| English words defined with "kneeling": Geniculation, get down ♦ hassock, housemaid's knee ♦ Knee tribute, Knee worship, kneeler, Kneelingly ♦ Priedieu, prie-dieu. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "kneeling": Agnes, Allah ♦ Hubert ♦ Symbols of Saints. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "kneeling": Geniculation. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | No, kneeling on glass is my favorite pastime (A New Leaf; writing credit: Elaine May; Jack Ritchie) Kneeling bags my nylons (The Big Carnival; writing credit: Walter Newman; Lesser Samuels) | |
Lyrics | When they saw you kneeling (Goody Two Shoes; performing artist: Adam Ant) And right while I am kneeling there (Rescue Me; performing artist: Madonna) Instead of kneeling in the sand (Don't Know Why; performing artist: Norah Jones) | |
Clever | A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Pictured is a handler, kneeling, wearing a white lab shirt. He is holding a beagle. The dog will probably be used in some experiment. It is an outdoor setting. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Making contact at rear end of tape Man standing is maintaining pre-set constant tension on line Man kneeling is reading tape Fig. No. 11, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 258. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Hydro signal being built for calibration of Raydist system Building party off of NOAA Launch 1257 Glenn Hendrix kneeling, Steve Lloyd standing. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Minnesota Camp to Byrd Station traverse crew. Herb Meyers, magnetic observer, kneeling in front. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | A reindeer killed at Spitzberg. Redinger kneeling over the reindeer with A. Fuhrmeister behind. Plate VI, print 20. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Tech. Sgt. John R. Krayeski, kneeling, and Senior Airman Frank W. Zenteck. |
 | Kneeling in a 20-acre pilot production field in Arizona, Anson E. Thompson checks lesquerella for seed set. Oil from the seeds can be used to make cosmetics and a variety of other products. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. |  | Rancher, Stacie Davies, talks with Secretary Babbitt about Steens Designation issues at Big Indian Gorge. Also Governor Kitzhaber and Harney County Judge Steve Grasty are kneeling looking out at the Gorge. Credit: Mark Armstrong & Chris Strebig. |
 | Five brothers who served on board the ship in 1941. The original caption released with this photograph reads: "Five Brothers in service aboard USS WICHITA". "Five Horton brothers, of Yemassee, South Carolina, who enlisted in the United States Navy at the recruiting station, Charleston, So. Car., and are now serving aboard the cruiser, USS WICHITA. They are (l to r standing) Edmund, Hal and John; (l to r kneeling) William and Thomas. Their father, Thomas Daniel Horton, operates a general merchandise store at Yemassee, So. Car.". Credit: NAVY. |  | Crewmen pose beside one of the cruiser's 6"/47 gun turrets, during World War II. The Sailor kneeling third from right in the front row is Edward R. Kozak, who served in the Navy between September 1942 and December 1945. Note the "E" award, with two hash-marks, painted on the turret's side;. Credit: NAVY. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Billy Wilder | I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons. |
Pope Pius XII | Man is great only when he is kneeling. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Thus he prayed kneeling before this sister |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | I will ask you now, all of you, to repeat after me the act of contrition, kneeling here in this humble chapel in the presence of God. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | But Tom was kneeling over him and as John got one elbow up Tom hit him again |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Pakistan | Prisoners in these cells reportedly suffer the most abuse, including beatings and forced kneeling for long periods of time. (references) |
Bolivia | The military justice case against alleged sharpshooter Captain Robinson Iriarte Lafuente, who was videotaped by television news organizations in civilian clothes kneeling alongside troops and firing a rifle during the April 2000 disturbances in Cochabamba, was pending at year's end. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ALLAH, n. The Mahometan Supreme Being, as distinguished from the Christian, Jewish, and so forth. Allah's good laws I faithfully have kept, And ever for the sins of man have wept; And sometimes kneeling in the temple I Have reverently crossed my hands and slept. Junker Barlow |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Kneeling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 86.18% of the time. "Kneeling" is used about 304 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 86.18% | 262 | 18,239 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 11.18% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.97% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.66% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 304 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "kneeling". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Jeberechiah | N/A | Biblical | Kneeling to |
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| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "kneeling": kneeling-down, kneeling-knuckle, kneeling-type. | |
Ending with "kneeling": half-kneeling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "kneeling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gjunjëzim (genuflection, genuflexion, prostration, submission). (various references) | |
Arabic | مركع, سجود (adoration, prostration), ساجد (bowing, prostrate), ركوع (bowing, kneel, squatting), ركعة, راكع (bowing). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | коленичил, на колене. (various references) | |
Chinese | 下跪 (Kneeled, Knelt). (various references) | |
Czech | kleèící. (various references) | |
Danish | halvoptrækkeligt understel (kneeling-type undercarriage, kneel-type landing gear, semi-retractable landing gear, semi-retractable undercarriage). (various references) | |
Dutch | rolstoelbus (chairlift bus, kneeling bus, transbus), onderstel waarvan de hoogte regelbaar is (kneeling-type undercarriage, kneel-type landing gear, semi-retractable landing gear, semi-retractable undercarriage), halfintrekbaar onderstel (kneeling-type undercarriage, kneel-type landing gear, semi-retractable landing gear, semi-retractable undercarriage). (various references) | |
French | agenouillement (kneel), agenouillé (knelt), genoux. (various references) | |
German | kniend (kneeing), hinkniend. (various references) | |
Greek | γονυκλία. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוברך, קריס" (buckling, crooking, squatting), כריעת ברך (genuflection), כריע" (bowing, genuflection, squatting), בריכ" (swimming pool), ס'י"" (bowing in worship, genuflection, prostration). (various references) | |
Hungarian | térdelõ, térdelés. (various references) | |
Italian | carrello semiretrattile (kneeling-type undercarriage, kneel-type landing gear, semi-retractable landing gear, semi-retractable undercarriage). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 跪け , 折り敷き . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おりしき, ひざまずけ. (various references) | |
Korean | 무릎을 꿇음. (various references) | |
Manx | sleaghtey (get down, kneel), sleaghtaghey (grovel, grovelling, kneel, prostrate, slide), gliooney (knee, kneel). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eelingknay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | trem semi-retráctil (kneeling-type undercarriage, kneel-type landing gear, semi-retractable landing gear, semi-retractable undercarriage). (various references) | |
Russian | стоящий на коленях. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | klečeći. (various references) | |
Spanish | tren semirretráctil (kneeling-type undercarriage, kneel-type landing gear, semi-retractable landing gear, semi-retractable undercarriage), tren delantero flexionable (kneeling-type undercarriage, kneel-type landing gear, semi-retractable landing gear, semi-retractable undercarriage). (various references) | |
Swedish | knäande. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | supplex, supplices, supplicia, supplicium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 17, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai elqontwn autwn proV ton oclon proshlqen autw anqrwpoV gonupetwn autw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum venisset ad turbam accessit ad eum homo genibus provolutus ante eum dicens Domine miserere filii mei quia lunaticus est et male patitur nam saepe cadit in ignem et crebro in aquam |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ænd þa he com to þare manigeohim to ge-nehlahten sume ge-byggendencneowen to-foren him & cwæðen. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne he cam to the puple, a man cam to hym, and felde doun on hise knees bifor hym, and seide, Lord, haue merci on my sone; for he is lunatike, and suffrith yuele, for ofte tymes he fallith in to the fier, and ofte tymes in to water. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And when they were come to ye people ther cam to him a certayne man and kneled doune to him and sayde: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when they had come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man kneeling down to him, and saying, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 17, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ug sa paghiabut na nila diha sa panon sa katawhan, usa ka tawo miduol kang Jesus ug sa iyang atubangan miluhod siya nga nag-ingon, |
| Chinese | 耶 穌 ' 門 ' 到 了 眾 人 那 裡 、 有 一 個 人 來 見 耶 穌 、 跪 下 、 說 、 |
| Croatian | Kada doðoše k mnoštvu, pristupi mu èovjek, padne pred njim na koljena |
| Danish | Og da de kom til Folkeskaren, kom en Mand til ham og faldt på Knæ for ham og sagde: |
| Dutch | En als zij bij de schare gekomen waren, kwam tot Hem een mens, vallende voor Hem op de knieen, en zeggende: |
| Finnish | Ja kun he saapuivat kansan luo, tuli hänen tykönsä muuan mies, polvistui hänen eteensä |
| French | Lorsqu`ils furent arrivés près de la foule, un homme vint se jeter genoux devant Jésus, et dit: |
| German | Und da sie zu dem Volk kamen, trat zu ihm ein Mensch und fiel ihm zu Füßen |
| Hungarian | És mikor a sokasághoz értek, egy ember jöve hozzá, térdre esvén õ elõtte, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketika Yesus dan ketiga pengikut-Nya kembali kepada orang banyak itu, seorang laki-laki datang, sujud di hadapan Yesus, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Apabila mereka itu sampai kepada orang banyak, maka datanglah seorang bertelut di hadapan Yesus, sambil berkata, |
| Manx Gaelic | As tra v'ad er jeet gys y cheshaght, haink huggey dooinney dy row, gliooney sheese as gra, |
| Maori | ¶ A, no ka tae ratou ki te mano, ka haere mai ki a ia tetahi tangata, ka tuturi nga turi ki a ia, ka mea, |
| Norwegian | Og da de kom til folket, kom en mann til ham og falt på kne for ham og sa: |
| Portuguese | Quando chegaram multidão, aproximou-se de Jesus um homem que, ajoelhando-se diante dele, disse: |
| Rumanian | Cknd au ajuns la norod, a venit un om, care a cqzut kn genunchi knaintea lui Isus, wi I -a zis: |
| Russian | лПЗ"Б ПОЙ ТЙЫМЙ Л ОБТП"Х, ФП П"ПЫЕМ Л оЕНХ ЮЕМПЧЕЛ Й, ТЕЛМПОСС ТЕ" оЙН ЛПМЕОЙ, |
| Shuar | ¶ Ataksha aents matsatmanum jeawarmatai shuar Jesusan Tarí tikishmatramiayi. |
| Swahili | Walipojiunga tena na ule umati wa watu, mtu mmoja alimwendea Yesu, akampigia magoti, |
| Swedish | När de därefter kommo till folket, trädde en man fram till honom och föll på knä för honom |
| Uma | ¶ Kanculii' -ra Yesus hante ana'guru-na to tolu toera mpohirua' -raka ntodea, ria hadua tomane tumai mowingkotu' hi nyanyoa-na, mpo'uli' -ki: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Kneeling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: knealing, knezine, nealing, neebin, Newling, Neylin, nselling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "kneeling" (pronounced nē"ling) |
| 5 | n ē" l i ng | annealing. |
| 4 | -ē" l i ng | appealing, ceiling, concealing, dealing, feeling, healing, Keeling, peeling, reeling, repealing, revealing, sealing, Seeling, squealing, stealing, unappealing, unfeeling, wheeling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | appalling, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, killing, kindling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, seedling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-k-l-n-n" | |
-1 letter: keeling, keening, kneeing. | |
-2 letters: engine, kennel. | |
-3 letters: eking, genie, gleek, ingle, inkle, kneel, liege, liken, linen. | |
-4 letters: geek, gene, gien, gink, glee, glen, keel, keen, kiln, kine, king, knee, leek, leke, lien, like, line, ling, link, linn, nene, nine. | |
-5 letters: eel, eke, elk, eng, gee, gel, gen, gie, gin, ilk, ink, inn, keg, ken, kin. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-k-l-n-n" | |
+1 letter: kenneling, kerneling. | |
+2 letters: kennelling, kernelling, sleekening. | |
+3 letters: unkenneling. | |
+4 letters: kinglinesses, unkennelling. | |
+5 letters: bottlenecking, gentlemanlike, skeletonising, skeletonizing. | |
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