HyperDic: genuflect

English > 2 senses of the word genuflect:
VERBmotiongenuflectbend / bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
motiongenuflect, scrape, kowtowbend / bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
English > genuflect: 2 senses > verb 1, motion
Meaningbend / bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image.
PatternSomebody ----s
Broaderbowbend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
Spanisharrodillarse
Catalanagenollar-se
Nounsgenuflection, genuflexionthe act of bending the knees in worship or reverence
English > genuflect: 2 senses > verb 2, motion
Meaningbend / bend the knees and bow in a servile manner.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Synonymsscrape, kowtow
Broaderbowbend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
Catalanagenollar-se
Nounsgenuflection, genuflexionthe act of bending the knees in worship or reverence

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