Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Sunk in water, mud, or the like, up to the ankles.
  • Of a depth sufficient to reach or come up to the top of the ankle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective coming only to the ankle or knee

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Examples

  • I stepped into my first ankle-deep snow drift while climbing into my truck and realized exactly how permeable my three-hundred-dollar hiking boots were.

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  • Standing ankle-deep in the brown waters of a paddy field in Niono, south of the Mauritanian border, rice producer Soumaila Kindo declares that private enterprise is the answer.

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  • In this period, pitches used to offer an ankle-deep ploughed field one week and a skating rink the next.

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  • I stepped into my first ankle-deep snow drift while climbing into my truck and realized exactly how permeable my three-hundred-dollar hiking boots were.

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  • I stepped into my first ankle-deep snow drift while climbing into my truck and realized exactly how permeable my three-hundred-dollar hiking boots were.

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  • I stepped into my first ankle-deep snow drift while climbing into my truck and realized exactly how permeable my three-hundred-dollar hiking boots were.

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  • The dry grass, ankle-deep, is pocked brown with rotting apples.

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  • His possessions were hanging by hooks on the walls, or stuffed into a loft over his bed, which was raised slightly above the ankle-deep water below.

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  • I grabbed his hand, dragged him after me down the ankle-deep stream.

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  • I grabbed his hand, dragged him after me down the ankle-deep stream.

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