knee-deep
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3.1
- adjective
- /niː diːp/
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- We wade into the warm, knee-deep water.
- knee-deep water
- knee-deep mud
- knee-deep snow
We are all knee deep in the snow together with a spoon.
- We are all knee deep in the snow together with a spoon.
Examples
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Scott jumps easily off the boat, his lanky legs splash into the knee-deep water.
Fiction book (2000) -
I did not anticipate being on a wing, knee deep in freezing water, with a baby in my arms.
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It's just landed on the water and it's going knee-deep in the water.
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Standing knee-deep in the moving water, she decides against it.
Fiction book (2002) -
"I found that little turkey knee-deep in the mud, having the time of his life.
Fiction book (2002) -
Tom comes out through the gates of the cemetery, splashing through the knee-deep water.
Fiction book (1998) -
Raven was standing in the open, knee-deep in water, holding an enormous turtle by its tail.
Fiction book (2001) -
36 hours of steady rainfall has left many homes in the metro area knee-deep in floodwaters.
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The huckleberries, sarvis berries, and Indian celery were long sleeping beneath the knee-deep snow.
Fiction book (1994) -
When the floodwaters rose, residents found themselves knee-deep in water, trying to salvage their belongings.
Synonyms
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3.5
Reaching up to the knees
Antonyms
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word knee-deep comes from the two simple words knee and deep, and it paints the picture of water or mud reaching up to your knees, so it means 'reaching as high as the knees'.