adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees; chiefly, women's nylon stockings that end slightly above the knee and are supported by garter belts. US, plural-normally
2. 2
   a sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee, high: reaching to the height of a person's knees. not-comparable

   "Near-synonym: knee-deep"

2. 2
   Very young. figuratively, not-comparable

   "John Fred Gourrier had been listening to Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, and the Spiders since he was knee-high."

Adverb

1. 1
   up to the knees wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

couchantcrampeddebaseddepresseddinkyexiguous

Example

More examples

"Mary put on her knee-high boots."

Etymology

From knee + high (adjective).

Related phrases

knee-high blackberryknee-high by the Fourth of Julyknee-high to a grasshopper

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