Usually means: Joints connecting thighs and shins.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word knees:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. knees: Merriam-Webster
  2. knees: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. knees: Collins English Dictionary
  4. knees: Vocabulary.com
  5. Knees, knee's, knees: Wordnik
  6. knees: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. knees: Wiktionary
  8. knees: Dictionary.com
  9. knees: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Knees (Bebe Rexha song), Knees: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. knees: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. knees: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knees: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. knees: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. knees: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knees: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. knees: Glossary of Common Tree Terms
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Knees (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. knees: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Knees: Sports Definitions

(Note: See knee as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (knee)

noun:  (anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
noun:  In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
noun:  The part of a garment that covers the knee.
noun:  (shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
noun:  (archaic) An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
noun:  Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
noun:  A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
noun:  (figurative) The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To kneel to.
verb:  (transitive) To poke or strike with the knee.
verb:  (reflexive) To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.
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