- waist-deep
- adverbup to the waist-
the water rose waist-high
• Syn: ↑waist-high* * *
\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective1. : rising to the waist : waist-highthe water was only waist-deep at one end of the pool
2. : sunk to the waiststood waist-deep in the surf
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/wayst"deep"/, adj.being at or rising to the level of the waist.[1755-65]* * *
waistˈ-deep or waistˈ-high adjectiveDeep or high enough to reach up to the waist• • •Main Entry: ↑waist* * *
waist-deep UK US adjective, adverbcovering the bottom part of someone’s body up to their waist* * *
waist-deep «WAYST DEEP», adjective, adverb.1. of a depth sufficient to reach or cover a person's waist: »They decided to strike out down the slope through the waist-deep snow (Time).
2. Figurative: »The French literary marketplace was waist-deep in a porridge of ideological dialectics and metaphysical jargon (Atlantic).
SYNONYM(S): immersed.* * *
(also waist-high) adj. & adv. of or at a depth to reach the waist[as adj.]
the waist-deep water | [as adv.] Ellwood stood waist-high in the water■ of or at a height to reach the waist[as adj.]
a ruin surrounded by waist-high grass and nettles* * *
ˌwaist-ˈdeep f26 [waist-deep] adjective, adverbup to the waist•
The water was waist-deep.
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We waded waist-deep into the muddy water.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.