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knee-deep

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  1. 1. a. Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. coming only to the ankle or knee Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adv. up to the knees Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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. Source: webster

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