Meanings
- not comparableAs deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).
Near-synonym: waist-high
1 more example
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 2Synonyms: waist-high
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAs deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person).
More synonyms by meaning
adverbup to the waist
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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