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/wayst"huy"/, adj.extending as high as the waist: a waist-high hedge.[1590-1600]
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waist-high
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waist-high — adj, adv high enough to reach your waist ▪ waist high grass … Dictionary of contemporary English
waist-high — adjective, adverb high enough to reach your waist: waist high corn … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
waist-high — [wāst′hī′] adj. reaching up to the waist … English World dictionary
waist-high — adverb up to the waist the water rose waist high • Syn: ↑waist deep * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : reaching to or being at the level of the waist waist high waves the batter let a good waist high ball go by … Useful english dictionary
waist-high — /ˈweɪst haɪ/ (say wayst huy) adjective reaching as high as the waist: *He turned from the road into the tall scrub, forced his way through waist high undergrowth of stunted wilga –frank dalby davison, 1965. Also, waist deep …
waist-high — adjective, adverb high enough to reach your waist: waist high grass … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
waist-high — UK / US adjective, adverb high enough to reach your waist waist high maize … English dictionary
waist-high — adjective as high as would reach to the waist (of a standing person) Syn: waist deep … Wiktionary
waist-high — as high as the waist, as high as the middle of the body … English contemporary dictionary
waist-deep — adverb up to the waist the water rose waist high • Syn: ↑waist high * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : rising to the waist : waist high the water was only waist deep at one end of the pool … Useful english dictionary
