kneel

/niːl/ verb [I] (past tense and past participle knelt, kneeled)

Definition

› to go down into or stay in a position where one or both of your knees are on the ground: She knelt down beside the child.

(Definition of kneel verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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