Collocations for knee - noun

bony | bare | bent | drawn-up
I rested my chin on my drawn-up knees.

arthritic, bad, dodgy, injured, stiff, troublesome, twisted

bend | straighten | draw up | hug
He hugged his knees to keep warm.

drop (down) on, drop to, fall on/to, go down on, sink to
He went down on his knees and begged for forgiveness.

sit on
She sat on her father''s knee (= lap) while he read her a story.

sprain, twist | graze, skin | slap
He slapped his knee as he rocked with laughter.

pat
He patted her knee reassuringly.

buckle, give way
Suddenly her knees buckled and she fell to the floor.

knock, shake, tremble

injury, problem, trouble | operation, surgery | joint, ligament | socks | pad

above the ~, across your ~s
She had a blanket draped across her knees.

at sb''s ~
The children had learnt these stories at their mother''s knee.

below the ~
His leg was missing below the knee.

between your ~s
If you hear the crash-landing warning, put your head between your knees.

in your ~
He''s snapped a ligament in his knee.

on one ~
I went down on one knee to plug in the vacuum cleaner.

on your ~
I balanced the pile of books on my knees. | He was on his knees, searching for the missing spring.

to your ~s
The blow knocked him to his knees.

bring sth to its knees
(figurative) The fuel shortage brought the country to its knees within weeks.

on bended knee
(figurative) She would ask for a rise, but would not beg for one on bended knee.