knee-deepadj.

Brit.

/ˌniːˈdiːp/, U.S.

/ˌniˈdip/

1. So deep as to reach to the knee. Said of water, snow, mud, grass, etc.; also of the ground submerged or covered by these.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > of specific depth

deepOE

knee-deep1535

ankle-deep1597

waist-deep1763

shoe-deep1773

thigh-deep1851

yard-deep-

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 619 In wynter in ane kne deip snaw.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. v. f. 116 They make a hole in the earth knee deape.

1647 H. More Insomn. Philos. xii Great fields of Corn and Knee-deep grasse were seen.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 160 Her decks were almost constantly knee-deep in water.

1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. vii. v. 148 Rice fields and plains knee-deep in water.

2. Sunk to the knee (in water, mud, etc.). Also figurative.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > of specific depth > in something to specific depth

knee-deepc1400

breast-deep1594

lip-deep1780

bowel-deep1828

bone deep1900

c1400 Siege Jerusalem (1932) 32/573 Kne-depe in þe dale, dascheden stedes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 187 Ynch-thick, knee-deepe; ore head and eares a fork'd one.

1646 D. Evance Noble Order 42 Wee have bin but anckle-deepe in the one, but wee have bin knee-deepe in the other.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 48 (1754) 256 To keep his court knee-deep in a bog.

1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles ii. ix. 194 Half the women round us are knee-deep in Bankes's books.

1895 E. R. Suffling Land of Broads 51 Hundreds of oxen..standing knee-deep in the cool water.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knee-deep
释义	knee-deepadj. Brit. /ˌniːˈdiːp/, U.S. /ˌniˈdip/ 1. So deep as to reach to the knee. Said of water, snow, mud, grass, etc.; also of the ground submerged or covered by these. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > of specific depth deepOE knee-deep1535 ankle-deep1597 waist-deep1763 shoe-deep1773 thigh-deep1851 yard-deep- 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 619 In wynter in ane kne deip snaw. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. v. f. 116 They make a hole in the earth knee deape. 1647 H. More Insomn. Philos. xii Great fields of Corn and Knee-deep grasse were seen. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 160 Her decks were almost constantly knee-deep in water. 1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. vii. v. 148 Rice fields and plains knee-deep in water. 2. Sunk to the knee (in water, mud, etc.). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > of specific depth > in something to specific depth knee-deepc1400 breast-deep1594 lip-deep1780 bowel-deep1828 bone deep1900 c1400 Siege Jerusalem (1932) 32/573 Kne-depe in þe dale, dascheden stedes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 187 Ynch-thick, knee-deepe; ore head and eares a fork'd one. View more context for this quotation 1646 D. Evance Noble Order 42 Wee have bin but anckle-deepe in the one, but wee have bin knee-deepe in the other. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 48 (1754) 256 To keep his court knee-deep in a bog. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles ii. ix. 194 Half the women round us are knee-deep in Bankes's books. 1895 E. R. Suffling Land of Broads 51 Hundreds of oxen..standing knee-deep in the cool water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas knee-deep The depth is sometimes indicated by prefixing a word giving the equivalent of a measure, as ankle-deep, knee-deep.extracted from deepadj. < adj.c1400 as lemmas
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knee-deepadj.

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