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knee-deep

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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.knee-deep - coming only to the ankle or knee
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"
Translations
knee-deep [ˈniːˈdiːp]
A. ADJ the water was knee-deepel agua cubría hasta las rodillas
to be knee-deep inestar metido hasta las rodillas en (fig) → estar metido hasta el cuello en
the place was knee-deep in paperhabía montones de papeles por todos lados
B. ADV to go into the water knee-deepavanzar hasta que el agua llegue a las rodillas
knee-deep [ˈniːˈdiːp] adjfino al ginocchio
the water was knee-deep → l'acqua ci arrivava alle ginocchia
knee-deep [ˈniːˈdiːp] adjfino al ginocchio
the water was knee-deep → l'acqua ci arrivava alle ginocchia


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A RICH Woman having returned from abroad disembarked at the foot of Knee-deep Street, and was about to walk to her hotel through the mud.
Every freak of prodigality was indulged to its fullest extent, and in a little while most of the trappers, having squandered away all their wages, and perhaps run knee-deep in debt, were ready for another hard campaign in the wilderness.
I remained standing knee-deep in the heather, staring at the mound that hid them.
 
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