adj
Meaning 1
Reaching up to the knees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
knee-deep
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adj
Meaning 2
Submerged to the knees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Deeply involved (in something) or preoccupied (with something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively, not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elbow-deep, up to one's elbows, waist-deep, neck-deep, up to one's neck, in the thick of it, bogged down
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
coming only to the ankle or knee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ankle-deep
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
up to the knees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we were standing knee-deep in the water
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: knee-high
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English kne-depe; equivalent to knee + deep.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Cebuano: tagatuhod — reaching up to the knees
- Georgian: მუხლის სიმაღლე (muxlis simaɣle) — reaching up to the knees
- German: knietief — reaching up to the knees
- Icelandic: hnédjúpur — reaching up to the knees
- Russian: по коле́но (po koléno) — reaching up to the knees
- Italian: fino al collo — deeply involved