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kneel

/niːl/ verbo B2

En español: arrodillarse, ahinojar

  1. To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position. (intransitive)
  2. To sink down so that the entrance is level with the pavement, making it easier for passengers to enter. (intransitive)
  3. To cause to kneel. (transitive) · She knelt the doll to fit it into the box.

He/she/it kneels · Pasado knelt · Participio pasado knelt · Forma en -ing kneeling

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Formas del verbo

Forma base
kneel
He/she/it
kneels
Pasado
knelt
Participio pasado
knelt
Forma en -ing
kneeling

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De la biblioteca

Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 5 · B2
She went on growing, and growing, and very soon had to kneel down on the floor: in another minute there was not even room for this, and she tried the effect of lying down with one elbow against the door, and the other arm curled round her head.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 23 · B2
She knelt there, lost to everything but the loveliness around her, until she was startled by a hand on her shoulder.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 39 · C1
Allan at the manse, knelt sweetly by her open window in a great sheen of moonshine and murmured a prayer of gratitude and aspiration that came straight from her heart.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 274 · C1

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