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Definition of Knee-deep
1. Adverb. Up to the knees. "We were standing knee-deep in the water"
Exact synonyms: Knee-high
2. Adjective. Coming only to the ankle or knee.
Definition of Knee-deep
1. Adjective. Reaching up to the knees. ¹
2. Adjective. Submerged to the knees. ¹
3. Adjective. (figuratively by extension) Deeply involved in something, or preoccupied with something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Knee-deep
1. 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: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knee-deep
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