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knee-deep
[ nee-deep ]
adjective
- reaching the knees:
knee-deep mud.
- submerged or covered up to the knees:
knee-deep in water.
- deeply embroiled; enmeshed; involved:
knee-deep in trouble.
knee-deep
adjective
- so deep as to reach or cover the knees
knee-deep mud
- postpositiveoften foll byin
- sunk or covered to the knees
knee-deep in sand
- immersed; deeply involved
knee-deep in work
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of knee-deep1
Example Sentences
It is to be hoped he did not follow his own advice otherwise he would have missed a thriller that left the stadium knee-deep in chewed fingernails by the final whistle.
“To say we were knee-deep in production is an understatement. Two weeks before a movie shoots, you’re kind of shooting the movie. Everything is in place. Every dollar has been spent.”
Raquell Barton was knee-deep in her doctorate program at the University of Memphis when her husband dropped a bomb on her: he wanted a divorce.
In Bangkok's suburbs, crowds have waded in knee-deep waters hoping to catch blackchin tilapia with their plastic basins.
Standing knee-deep in an emerald expanse, a row of trees offering respite from the sweltering heat, Rosa Morales diligently relocates chipilín, a Central American legume, from one bed of soil to another.
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