Modifying Another Word

• already: Snow began to fall, and the woods were already knee-deep in old snow.

• up: I just ended up knee-deep in Micropore every night.

Modifies a noun

• mud: On the 7 th and 8th July the drizzle developed into heavy rain, converting the trenches into troughs of knee-deep mud.

• snow: A real big effort to overcome knee-deep snow all the way.

• water: You carry your own equipment out to the boat, which is anchored with its stern in knee-deep water.

Used with adjective complement

• wade: I literally had to wade knee-deep through the snow to get to the station.

• stand: The guy sees a bunch of people standing knee-deep in cow manure drinking coffee.

• end: I just ended up knee-deep in Micropore every night.

Preposition: in

• mud: With waters receding, some areas were still knee-deep in mud.

• water: The last time the river flooded, she spent two nights knee-deep in freezing water, only to lose six lambs.

• snow: Back came the guard, knee-deep in snow, asking how many passengers for York.

• research: Meanwhile, the Information Team are knee-deep in research and planning a talk by a guest speaker.