What does knee-deep mean?
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knee-deep
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Princeton's WordNet
ankle-deep, knee-deepadverb
coming only to the ankle or knee
knee-deep, knee-highadverb
up to the knees
"we were standing knee-deep in the water"
Wiktionary
knee-deepadjective
Reaching up to the knees.
knee-deepadjective
Submerged to the knees.
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knee-deep
Knee-deep generally refers to a situation or substance (most often a liquid) that is as deep as the knees when standing. It can also be used metaphorically to refer to being deeply involved or engrossed in a situation.
Webster Dictionary
Knee-deepadjective
rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep
Knee-deepadjective
sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of knee-deep in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of knee-deep in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of knee-deep in a Sentence
We've got some folks that are in their homes that had knee-deep, waist-deep water, that now the water has receded.
A government that struggles to keep itself open. Russia knee-deep in our democracy. An all-out war on environmental protection. A Justice Department rolling back civil rights by the day. Hatred and supremacy proudly marching in our streets. Bullets tearing through our classrooms, concerts, and congregations. Targeting our safest, sacred places, and that nagging, sinking feeling, no matter your political beliefs: This is not right. This is not who we are.
It's hard to get out of the mud when you're standing knee deep.
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.
We've got some folks that are in their homes that had knee-deep, waist-deep water, that now the water has receded, you've seen us get a little emotional through some of this.
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