genuflect

Etymology
From around 1620–1630 from equivalent to the  +.

Verb

 * 1)  To bend the knee, as in servitude.
 * 2)  To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship.
 * 3)  To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.
 * 1)  To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.
 * 1)  To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.
 * 1)  To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.

Usage notes
The brief manner of touching one knee to the ground while genuflecting differs from the duration typically associated with kneeling down onto one or two knees.

Translations

 * Albanian: bie në gjunjë
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: bøje knæ
 * Esperanto: genufleksi
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: dobregar o xeonllo, fincar o xeonllo
 * Georgian: მუხლის მოდრეკა, დაჩოქება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: כָּרַע בֶּרֶךְ
 * Icelandic: gera knéfall, koma fyrir kné, falla á kné, knékrjúpa
 * Italian: genuflettere
 * Japanese:
 * Persian: زانو خم کردن
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: преклоня́ть коле́на/коле́ни, преклони́ть коле́на/коле́ни
 * Spanish: doblar la rodilla,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: yumukdo
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: მუხლის მოდრეკა, დაჩოქება
 * Italian:  ,
 * Russian:, соверша́ть коленопреклоне́ние, соверши́ть коленопреклоне́ние