English Explanatory Dictionary

knee-deep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Reaching up to the knees.
  2. Submerged to the knees.
  3. Deeply involved (in something) or preoccupied (with something).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

knee-deep

Etymology

From Middle English kne-depe; equivalent to knee + deep.

Synonyms

elbow-deep up to one's elbows waist-deep neck-deep up to one's neck in the thick of it bogged down

Related words

hands-on

Derived words

knee-deep in the Big Muddy
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