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knee joint |
knee pad |
knee pants |
knee piece |
knee-crooking |
knee-deep
| knee-hi
| knee-high
| knee-jerk reflex
| knee-length
| kneebrush
knee-deep
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective knee-deep has 1 sense
- knee-deep(s = adj.all) ankle-deep - coming only to the ankle or knee; Array
Adverbial knee-deep has 1 sense
- knee-deep(r = adv.all) knee-high - up to the knees; "we were standing knee-deep in the water"
CIDE DICTIONARY
knee-deep, a.
- Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep. [1913 Webster]"Grass knee-deep within a month." [1913 Webster]
- Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water. [1913 Webster]"Where knee-deep the trees were standing." [1913 Webster]
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