(a.) Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed.
(a.) Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass.
Example Sentences:
(1) Manu García, an 18-year-old Spaniard, will have enjoyed the moment he dropped his shoulder and left Cesc Fàbregas behind and Adarabioyo, a tall, rangy centre-half with a high-kneed running style, should be better for the experience of facing an in-form Costa.
(2) Harwood, 45, who was found not guilty of Tomlinson's manslaughter on Thursday, had repeatedly been accused of using excessive force during his career, including claims he punched, throttled, kneed and unlawfully arrested people.
(3) With their reputation obliterated, the Brazilians cannot even hide behind Neymar’s martyrdom after being kneed in the back by Colombia’s Juan Zúñiga in the quarter-final.
(4) I might not have wept, but I did turn wobbly-kneed and lean against my kitchen counter for support the day my letter arrived from the UK Border Agency to say I'd been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK.
(5) Pogba’s athleticism and high-kneed running style makes him a fiendishly difficult opponent and, if anything, he needs some of the players around him to raise their own level of performance.
(6) The 45-year-old also allegedly punched, throttled, kneed or threatened other suspects while in uniform during other incidents.
(7) She was hauled up against the wall where one officer kneed her in the groin while others carried on lashing her with their batons.
(8) He allegedly punched, throttled, kneed or threatened other suspects while in uniform in other alleged incidents.
(9) In a string of other alleged incidents Harwood was accused of having punched, throttled, kneed or threatened other suspects while in uniform, although only one complaint was upheld.
(10) She's talking to me now, she says, in part because she feels something of a duty to support the publication of The Pale King , and in part because she has a sense that talking about her experience might be of help to other people who have been left behind to live with the knock-kneed fact of suicide.
(11) The report cited cases of people being punched, kneed, hit with vehicles, intimidated and bitten by dogs.
(12) Riyadh has spent the six months since fuming at what it sees as a weak-kneed administration that no longer shares its convictions.
(13) In close order, drilled by military choreographers, the orders of German power from the pimply, white-kneed columns of Hitler Youth to the older ranks of Waffen SS, banners uncurling and trumpets blaring, would march up and down under the exigent eyes of Hitler, Göring, von Papen and the rest of the Inner Party, bravely singing the anthem of the Horst Wessel Song: "When Jewish blood spurts from the knife, everything goes twice as well."
(14) The spectacle of Fraser being forced first to backtrack, and then to resign, while the dean and chapter at St Paul's do a deal with the City of London Corporation to rid themselves of the troublesome Occupy camp, has reinforced the perception of the Anglican Church as weak-kneed, indecisive and frightened of its own shadow.
(15) It hit the thigh of Kohler, who was running towards his own goal, and as it bounced up Lineker kneed it away from Augenthaler and Berthold before cracking an excellent left-footed shot across goal and into the far corner.
(16) Children with clinical tibiofemoral angles, intercondylar or intermalleolar distances tended to be bowlegged at birth, maximally knock-kneed at age 3 and to have normal lower limbs by age 8.
(17) 9.12pm BST 10min: Cuadrado is gently kneed in the back by Luiz, 35 yards from goal, in a fairly central position.
(18) We cannot confirm this, but in a Twitter post, she writes: "Teen son has just been kneed in the crotch by one policeman and dragged along by his hair by a mounted policeman, during a peaceful protest."
(19) The Afghans allege they were punched in the face, kicked in the stomach, kneed in the hips and strangled until they blacked out.
(20) He was too strong, however, and continued to try to kill her,” Michael Jones said One member of staff tried to hit him with a chair while a consultant was kneed in the head when he tried to wrestle the assailant away.
Specific
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
(a.) Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited; precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
(a.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
(n.) A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.
(a.) Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.
Example Sentences:
(1) Comparison of the S100 alpha-binding protein profiles in fast- and slow-twitch fibers of various species revealed few, if any, species- or fiber type-specific S100 binding proteins.
(2) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
(3) Anti-Leu 7 could not be considered as a specific marker for oligodendroglioma.
(4) Five probes of high specificity to individual chromosomes (chromosomes 3, 11, 17, 18 and X) were hybridized in situ to metaphase chromosomes of different individuals.
(5) The nuclear origin of the Ha antigen was confirmed by the speckled nuclear immunofluorescence staining pattern given by purified antibody to Ha obtained from a specific immune precipitate.
(6) The role of Ca2+ in cell agglutination may be either to activate the cell-surface dextran receptor or to form specific intercellular Ca2+ bridges.
(7) The Cole-Moore effect, which was found here only under a specific set of conditions, thus may be a special case rather than the general property of the membrane.
(8) Although solely nociresponsive neurons are clearly likely to fill a role in the processing and signalling of pain in the conscious central nervous system, the way in which such useful specificity could be conveyed by multireceptive neurons is difficult to appreciate.
(9) On the other hand, after exposure to BrdUrd, neuron specific enolase decreased in NB-1 and SK-N-DZ and increased in GOTO.
(10) Most of the radioactivity in spleen cells from these rats were associated with antigen-reactive cells which formed rosettes specifically with HO erythrocytes.
(11) The origins of aging of higher forms of life, particularly humans, is presented as the consequence of an evolved balance between 4 specific kinds of dysfunction-producing events and 4 kinds of evolved counteracting effects in long-lived forms.
(12) The specific activities of extracts from cells grown under phototrophic and aerobic conditions were similar and not affected by the concentration of iron in the growth media.
(13) Proliferation assays using F3 showed that 15 (14 CD4+ and 1 CD8+) of the 18 isolated clones were specific for T. gondii.
(14) We have developed a new procedure for the rapid preparation of undegraded total RNA from cultured cells for specific quantitation by dot blotting analysis.
(15) Further studies are required to elucidate specific roles of the steroid-induced proteins in the effects of glucocorticoids on HTM and HS cells.
(16) In addition, the fact that microheterogeneity may occur without limit in the mannans of the strains suggests that antibodies with unlimited diverse specificities are produced directed against these antigenic varieties as well.
(17) Four other independent LCMV-GP2(275-289) specific H-2Db-restricted CTL clones also expressed V alpha 4 and V beta 10 gene elements.
(18) Training in social skills specific to fostering intimacy is suggested as a therapeutic step, and modifications to the social support measure for future use discussed.
(19) When compared with self-reported exposures, the sensitivity of both job-exposure matrices was low (on average, below 0.51), while the specificity was generally high (on average, above 0.90).
(20) The specific limited trypsinolysis of bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase (T7RP) was performed in the presence of various components of the polymerase reaction and some GTP-analogs--irreversible inhibitors of the enzyme.