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Kneeled vs Keeled - What's the difference?

kneeled | keeled |

As verbs the difference between kneeled and keeled

is that kneeled is (kneel) while keeled is (keel).

As an adjective keeled is

furnished with a keel, especially a keel of a specified type.

kneeled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (kneel)

    • Synonyms

    * knelt

    kneel

    English

    Verb

  • (lb) To stoop down and rest on the knee or knees.
  • *
    • When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.

    Derived terms

    * kneeler

    Related terms

    * genuflect * kneel down

    References

    * * English irregular verbs

    keeled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (keel)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Furnished with a keel, especially a keel of a specified type
    • It was a deep-keeled yacht.
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