waist-deep
waist-deep adjective: as deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).
Adjective
waist-deep (not comparable)
- As deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).
- Near-synonym: waist-high
- When the river broke through defenses near the city of Wuhan in Hopeh^([sic – meaning Hupeh]) Province, Peking Radio reported that 10,000 peasants with straw mats on their backs stood waist-deep in the water to form a human dike until their places could be filled with sandbags.1982, Champ Clark, “The Yangtze: China's Second Killer River”, in Flood (Planet Earth), Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 49, column 2
- Synonyms:
- waist-high
Synonyms of waist-deep
Words formed from waist-deep
Questions about waist-deep
- What does waist-deep mean?
- Waist-deep means as deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).
- What part of speech is waist-deep?
- Waist-deep is an adjective.
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