1. Coming only to the ankle or knee
   - ankle-deep

1. Up to the knees
   "we were standing knee-deep in the water"
   - knee-high

See also: shallow

Encyclopedia: Knee-deep

• ground pink
• ground plan
• ground rattler
• ground rent
• ground roller
• ground rose
• ground rule
• ground sloth
• ground snake
• ground squirrel
• ground state
• ground stroke
• ground substance
• ground swell
• ground tackle
• ground water
• ground wave
• ground zero
• ground-controlled approach
• ground-effect machine
• ground-emplaced mine
• ground-floor
• ground-hugging
• ground-service crew
• ground-shaker