to scrape one's knees

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• prostrate — v 1.(all of oneself) fall at [s.o. s] feet, throw or cast oneself at [s.o. s] feet; bow before, bow down to, bend the knee to, fall on one s knees before; kowtow, bow and scrape, truckle, grovel, crouch, crawl, snivel; eat crow, eat dirt, Sl.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Holystone — is a soft and brittle sandstone that was formerly used for scouring and whitening the wooden decks of ships. It was used in the British and American Navy for scrubbing the decks of sailing ships.The term may have come from the fact that… …   Wikipedia

• kneel — v get down on one s knees, fall to one s knees; genuflect, bow, bow down, bow and scrape, salaam, kowtow, prostrate oneself, fall at the feet of, make obeisance; bob, curtsy …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• submission — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Yielding Nouns 1. submission, submissiveness, obedience, resignation, patience, humility, self abasement, compliance, pliancy, docility, passivity, acquiescence, sufferance, conformity, subjection;… …   English dictionary for students

• bow — I v 1. kneel before, salaam, genuflect, curtsey, nod, bob; prostrate oneself, fall on one s knees, lie prone, throw oneself at the feet of; bend the knee to, bend to, humble oneself to, defer to, stoop, get down. 2. bow and scrape grovel, truckle …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• cringe — v 1. cower, shrink, quail, blench, flinch, wince, start, recoil, shy, Inf. funk, Sl. mooch; shake, tremble, quiver, Inf. shake in one s boots or shoes, kowtow, bow, bow before, bow to, bow and scrape, bend, bend before, stoop, squat, crouch,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• grovel — v 1. kowtow, bow, bow before, bow to, bow and scrape, bend, bend before, stoop, squat, crouch, slouch, hunch; cringe, cower, squirm; whine, whimper, snivel; lick [s.o. s] shoes, lick or kiss [s.o. s] feet, kiss the hem of [s.o. s] garment, Inf.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• truckle — v 1. kowtow, bow, bow before, bow to, bow and scrape, bend, bend before, stoop, crouch; kneel, kneel before, fall on one s knees before, prostrate oneself before; grovel, crawl, creep, creep before, slither; cringe, cower, squirm; whine, whimper …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• fawn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. cringe, grovel, toady, truckle, cower, ingratiate, curry favor. See servility, flattery. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cringe, flatter, court, grovel, crouch, bow, stoop, kneel, creep, fall on one s… …   English dictionary for students

• prostrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. recumbent, prone, flat, supine; debased, abased, humbled; helpless, powerless, resigned. See horizontal. v. t. debase, abase, flatten; bow, submit. See dejection, lowness, servility. II (Roget s IV) …   English dictionary for students

• kowtow — verb 1) they kowtowed to the emperor Syn: prostrate oneself before, bow (down) to/ before, genuflect to/before, do/make obeisance to/before, fall on one s knees before, kneel before 2) she didn t have to kowtow to a boss Syn: grovel to, be… …   Thesaurus of popular words