to kneel

to kneel; to go down on one's knees

to kowtow; to kneel and worship

(of a soccer player) to knee slide after scoring a goal; (slang) to drop to one's knees in contrition or surrender (usu. figurative)

to punish by protracted kneeling

(literary) (of a lamb) to kneel to suckle at the breast (used as a metaphor for filial piety)

to crouch (of animal)

to kneel down; to sink to one's knees; to grovel

to kowtow

to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels

a prayer mat; a carpet for kneeling

to kneel in prayer

to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels)

to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)

to kneel and beg forgiveness