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(of water etc) As deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person)..
Near-synonym: waist-high
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.
Use waist-deep when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Waist-deep means (of water etc) As deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person)..
Common synonyms include waist-high.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonym: waist-high
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