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Meanings of knee-deep in English

Coming only to the ankle or knee.

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Up to the knees.

Usage of knee-deep in English
1
In reality, it is knee-deep in this disappearance and torture, Shabibi said.
The Guardian
2
Brian stood next to them in knee-deep water and studied the problem.
The river
3
And honey lay ankle-deep in the valley and knee-deep on the hills.
The Violet Fairy Book
4
She wades knee-deep through the sea of lavender bushes in my gardens.
Daughters of the Nile
5
We waded knee-deep through Owl River, in the afternoon of the 15th.
The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River C...
6
It was clear and shallow, and he stood in it barely knee-deep.
Jack Haydon's Quest
7
Next morning Ashton-Kirk lounged in a comfortable window-seat, almost knee-deep in newspapers.
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator
8
Roads already bad were washed into gullies; holes generally knee-deep became impassable.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals / An Inside View of Life in the Sou...
9
Water was knee-deep around Paolo, up to his waist, and still rising.
The Magicians of Caprona
10
He had to be knee-deep in the water in front of me.
The blue edge of midnight
11
I was still on my legs, if they were knee-deep in mud.
John Barleycorn
12
We landed beside of a creek knee-deep in water, among some mangroves.
Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the ...
13
Ten feet wide it was, and knee-deep in alfalfa and cigar stumps.
Rolling Stones
14
At some points the water was knee-deep, at others it was chin-deep.
Stories Of Georgia
15
Mills glanced down, and saw that the creeping sand had him knee-deep.
The Second Class Passenger: Fifteen Stories
16
The villagers never went out more than about knee-deep, so we didn't.
A Town like Alice
Knee-deep through the time