Meaning of KNEE-DEEP
| Pronunciation: | | nee deep
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- [adv] up to the knees; "we were standing knee-deep in the water"
- [adj] coming only to the ankle or knee
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| | Synonyms: | | ankle-deep, knee-high, shallow |
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| | Definition: | |  Knee Deep
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Knee"-deep`\, a.
1. Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow
knee-deep.
Grass knee-deep within a month. --Milton.
2. Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.
Where knee-deep the trees were standing.
--Longfellow.
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| | Related Terms: | | ankle-deep, cursory, deep, deep-cut, deep-down, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deepish, deep-laid, deep-lying, deep-reaching, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, deep-sinking, deepsome, deep-sunk, deep-sunken, depthless, epidermal, jejune, light, not deep, on the surface, profound, shallow, shallow-rooted, shoal, skin-deep, slight, superficial, surface, thin, trivial, unprofound |
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