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Webster 1913 Edition

Knee-deep

Knee′-deepˊ

,
Adj.
1.
Rising to the knees; knee-high;
as, water or snow
knee-deep
.
Grass
knee-deep
within a month.
Milton.
2.
Sunk to the knees;
as, men
knee-deep
in water
.
Where
knee-deep
the trees were standing.
Longfellow.

Webster 1828 Edition

Knee-deep

KNEE-DEEP

,
Adj.
nee'-deep. Rising to the knees; as water or snow knee-deep.

Definition 2024

knee-deep

knee-deep

See also: kneedeep

English

Adjective

knee-deep ‎(not comparable)

  1. Reaching up to the knees.
  2. Submerged to the knees.
  3. (figuratively, by extension) Deeply involved in something, or preoccupied with something.

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