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knee-deep

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1. knee-deep - Adjective

2. knee-deep - Adverb

3. knee-deep - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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 dictionary

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knee deep

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Examples

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

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