What does ankle-deep mean?

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an·kle-deep

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ankle-deep, knee-deepadjective

    coming only to the ankle or knee

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  1. ankle-deep

    Ankle-deep refers to a level or depth that reaches up to the ankles. It is often used to describe the depth of water, snow, mud, or any other substance through which one might walk. It can also metaphorically depict the extent or degree of involvement in a situation or matter.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ankle-deep in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ankle-deep in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of ankle-deep in a Sentence

  1. Christopher Pearce Cranch:

    If there comes a little thaw, Still the air is chill and raw, Here and there a patch of snow, Dirtier than the ground below, Dribbles down a marshy flood Ankle-deep you stick in mud In the meadows while you sing, This is Spring.

  2. Marty Feeney:

    I've sat at block parties knee-deep or ankle-deep in tide ... just a way of life. When we were kids, I had a friend on 12th Road, the tide would come in and out of her house.

  3. Christopher Pearce Cranch, A Spring Growl:

    If there comes a little thaw, Still the air is chill and raw, Here and there a patch of snow, Dirtier than the ground below, Dribbles down a marshy flood; Ankle-deep you stick in mud In the meadows while you sing, "This is Spring."

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