kneeling

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈniːlɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
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Etymology 1

From kneel +‎ -ing.

Verb

kneeling

  1. present participle and gerund of kneel
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English knelinge, kneweling, kneolunge, equivalent to kneel +‎ -ing.

Noun

kneeling (plural kneelings)

  1. The act by which someone kneels.
    • 2003, Marcella Althaus-Reid, The queer God, page 11:
      A whole symbolic sexual order is obviously manifested in kneelings as positions of subordination […]
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