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
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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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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.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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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.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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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.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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The dry grass, ankle-deep, is pocked brown with rotting apples.
Someone With Keys Elizabeth J. Colen 2011
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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.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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