waist-deep
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2.9
- adverb
- /weɪst-diːp/
:
hasta la cintura
- I eased into the crystal-clear water until I was waist-deep and slowly moved forward.
Examples
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We left the boat and stepped into waist-deep water.
Fiction book (2001) -
Finnegan and Trillian slowly clamber through the hold, waist-deep in water, on edge, eyes wide, watching for any sign of trouble.
Fiction book (1998) -
And then I was still standing there, waist-deep in the water, watching him swim away.
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Only to get to it, we're all gonna have to wade through about 100 yards of water waist-deep, maybe higher.
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When I walked into it, the water waist-deep, the change in temperature came as a pleasant shock.
Fiction book (2000) -
Tom enters the pond, waist deep in water, trying to grab Pilgrim's rope.
Fiction book (1998) -
Merry and Pippin stand waist-deep in the water.
Fiction book (2002) -
Maggie stood and turned around to see a small figure slogging, waist deep, through the white water at the mouth of the cave.
Fiction book (2002) -
Phil stands in the waist-deep water and watches her go, flabbergasted.
Fiction book (1998) -
I was standing waist-deep in the lake, enjoying the cool water on a hot summer day.
Synonyms
6
3.7
Reaching up to a person's waist
Antonyms
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Waist-deep comes from the two simple words waist ('the middle of your body') and deep ('far down'). It literally means something reaches up to your waist, so standing waist-deep in water is having the water 'up to the waist'.