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Knee-deep

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Reaching up to the knees. not-comparable

    "High above stood the ash-tree, its boughs covered with the toy-like bunches called "locks and keys;" and beyond spread the meadows, knee-deep with the verdant grass."

  2. 2
    Submerged to the knees. not-comparable

    "This gave me a hint, and I went knee-deep, and sometimes neck-deep, in the Red Weed. The density of the weed gave me a reassuring sense of hiding."

  3. 3
    Deeply involved (in something) or preoccupied (with something). broadly, figuratively, not-comparable

    "By the time Tracey arrived, Kayla was working on her second cup of café mocha and knee-deep in paperwork."

Adjective
  1. 1
    coming only to the ankle or knee wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    up to the knees wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English kne-depe; equivalent to knee + deep.

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