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knee-high

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knee-high (nh)
adj.
Reaching up to the knees: a knee-high table.
n. (nh)
A sock or stocking that extends just below the knee.

knee-high
adj
1. another word for knee-deep [1]
2. as high as the knee a knee-high child
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.knee-high - a sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees
sock - hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
stocking - close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
Adv.1.knee-high - up to the knees; "we were standing knee-deep in the water"
Translations
knee-high [ˈniːˈhaɪ] ADJ [grass] → hasta las rodillas; [boots] → de caƱa alta; [socks] → largo
he's been riding since he was knee-high to a grasshopperlleva montando a caballo desde que era un renacuajo
knee-high [ˈniːˈhaɪ] adjche arriva al ginocchio
knee-high [ˈniːˈhaɪ] adjche arriva al ginocchio


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Now I stood on a mound of smashed brickwork, clay, and gravel, over which spread a multitude of red cactus-shaped plants, knee-high, without a solitary terrestrial growth to dispute their footing.
Whether or no, the mender of roads ran, on the sultry morning, as if for his life, down the hill, knee-high in dust, and never stopped till he got to the fountain.
But I tell you plain and simple, the best of you ain't knee-high fit to tie Daylight's moccasin strings.
 
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