Knee-deep

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knee-deep \Knee"-deep`\, a.
     1. Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow
        knee-deep.
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              Grass knee-deep within a month.       --Milton.


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     2. Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.
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              Where knee-deep the trees were standing.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  knee-deep
       adj : coming only to the ankle or knee [syn: {ankle-deep}]
       adv : up to the knees; "we were standing knee-deep in the water"
             [syn: {knee-high}]