kneeling

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English

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Pronunciation

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

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From kneel +‎ -ing.

Verb

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kneeling

  1. present participle and gerund of kneel
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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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 []