1. knee-deep - Adjective
2. knee-deep - Adverb
3. knee-deep - Adjective Satellite
Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep.
Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.
Source: Webster's dictionaryknee deep
we were standing knee-deep in the water Source: Internet
Dark watermarks on tree trunks show where knee-deep vernal pools — seasonal freshwater wetlands — fill up in springtime, nurturing salamanders and frogs. Source: Internet
He told NPR that the ash in his barrio, or barangay, is knee-deep. Source: Internet
But just hours later his son, Bobby, waded from knee-deep water and fell into a plunge pool just a few metres away, where he drowned. Source: Internet
Television images showed upturned boats on the shore, people wading through knee-deep water and buses crashed into each other. Source: Internet
Everything seems more difficult and overwhelming when we're wading through the muck of a disappointment, crisis, or tragedy, knee-deep in our messy emotions. Source: Internet