ankle-deep
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3.0
- adjective
- /ˈæŋkəl dip/
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- The children splashed happily in the ankle-deep water at the edge of the lake.
Examples
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The grass was ankle-deep and darkly green, and the mist hung in silver scraps like fishnets caught in driftwood.
Fiction book (1992) -
Standing ankle-deep in muck, Coe switched a chain from the tow truck to the bulldozer's hitch.
Fiction book (1990) -
Once outside, he found himself more than ankle deep in snow.
Fiction book (2000) -
The water is about ankle-deep.
Fiction book (2000) -
The floor is a carpet of ankle-deep green grass.
Fiction book (2002) -
The fields are flooded ankle-deep at this time of year, and they smell of manure and young green things.
Fiction book (2001) -
With the surefootedness of a goat, he bounded through the ankle-deep water.
Fiction book (1995) -
As they continue walking, Phil steps into what looks like a shallow puddle and ends up ankle-deep in wet slush.
Fiction book (1993) -
Rainwater sloshed down the grates in an increasingly heavy flow, and soon they were ankle-deep.
Fiction book (1993) -
At 3:02 a.m., the Des Moines water production manager stood ankle-deep in the flooded plant control room, surrounded by 4,160 volts of electricity.
Academic text (1993)
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ankle-deep is a simple compound of ankle and deep, literally meaning 'as deep as the ankle'. So it describes water, mud, or snow that reaches up to your ankle.