knee-deep

knee-deep (ndp)

adj.

1. Reaching as high as the knees: knee-deep floodwaters.

2. Submerged to the knees: was knee-deep in mud.

3. Deeply occupied or involved: is knee-deep in work.

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knee-deep

adj

1. so deep as to reach or cover the knees knee-deep mud

2. (postpositive; often foll by in)

a.  sunk or covered to the knees knee-deep in sand

b.  immersed; deeply involved knee-deep in work

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	knee-deep - coming only to the ankle or knee     ankle-deep shallow - lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field"
Adv.	1.	knee-deep - up to the knees; "we were standing knee-deep in the water" knee-high

Translations

knee-deep [ˈniːˈdiːp]

A. ADJ the water was knee-deep → el agua cubría hasta las rodillas
to be knee-deep in → estar metido hasta las rodillas en (fig) → estar metido hasta el cuello en
the place was knee-deep in paper → había montones de papeles por todos lados

B. ADV to go into the water knee-deep → avanzar hasta que el agua llegue a las rodillas

knee-deep [ˈniːˈdiːp] adj → fino al ginocchio
the water was knee-deep → l'acqua ci arrivava alle ginocchia