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Definitions: Knee-deep |
Knee-deepAdjective1. Coming only to the ankle or knee. Adverb1. Up to the knees; "we were standing knee-deep in the water". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "knee-deep" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1611. (references) |
Synonyms: Knee-deepSynonyms: ankle-deep (adj), knee-high (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Knee-deep |
| English words defined with "knee-deep": knee-high. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Knee-deep in salmon. Salmon being transferred to a large boat on which they are iced and hauled to a cannery. F&W 12,935. Credit: Fisheries. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Knee-deep" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 71.88% of the time. "Knee-deep" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 71.88% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 28.13% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "knee-deep"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 膝盖深. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | térdig érő (knee-high). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | terbenam (be buried, disappear), setinggi lutut. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 무릎 깊은. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gys y ghlioon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ee-deepknay e foarte bogat (he is knee-deep in money). (various references) по колено (knee deep, knee high). (various references) knädjupt. (various references) ลึกระ"ับหัวเข่า. (various references) sâu đến tận đầu gối. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Knee-deep" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kew-ee, kingee-ee, kneedeep. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-e-k-n-p" | |
-2 letters: deepen, keened, peeked, peened. | |
-3 letters: kneed. | |
-4 letters: deep, deke, dene, eked, epee, keen, keep, knee, need, neep, peed, peek, peen, peke, pend. | |
-5 letters: dee, den, eke, end, ken, kep, nee, ped, pee, pen. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-e-k-n-p" | |
+4 letters: peakednesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 6E 65 65 2D 64 65 65 70 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01101110 01100101 01100101 00101101 01100100 01100101 01100101 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K n e e - d e e p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 006E 0065 0065 002D 0064 0065 0065 0070 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)458071711570717182 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kínai, 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kinesisk |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , magyar, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Indonesian | 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indonéz, 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, индонезийский, индонезиец, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a | |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , koreai, 한국, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, från ön man |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | 罗马尼亚语, román, 루마니아, Roomainagh, român, румынский, румын, rumänsk |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, orosz, 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, svéd, 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, 타이 말, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnami, vietnámi, 트남, вьетнамский, vietnames, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , angol, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, englezesc, английский, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ |
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