"waist-deep" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} waist-deep (not comparable)
  1. (of water etc) As deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person). Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: waist-deep in the Big Muddy
    Sense id: en-waist-deep-en-adj-U7sIYdEK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1982, Champ Clark, “The Yangtze: China's Second Killer River”, in Flood (Planet Earth), Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 49, column 2",
          "text": "When the river broke through defenses near the city of Wuhan in Hopeh 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.",
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