knee high
Reaching the kneecap
Knee high describes something reaching up to the knee: knee-high boots, knee-high socks.
The phrase appears in the folksy expression knee-high to a grasshopper, meaning very young or small: I've known him since he was knee-high to a grasshopper.
As a noun, knee-highs are stockings or socks that extend to just below the knee.
- shinFront lower leg
- socksCloth foot coverings
- bootsAnkle-covering footwear
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- grassNarrow-leaved ground cover
corn stalks · cotton fields · floodwaters · flood waters · standing water · waders · snowdrifts · mud · gaiters · weeds · hosiery · compression stockings · calf · marshes · wildflowers · height · striped · rubber
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
- youth sayingsfountain of youth, salad days, spring chicken, tender age, young at heart
- strike zonestrike zone, inside corner, outside corner, knees, inside edge
- surf conditionswaves, swell, barrels, tubes, offshore
- wave heightamplitude, wave crest, average height, swell, groundswell
knee highankle-length
Extending to the foot
floor-length · full-length · mid-calf · mini · micro
knee highhead high
Upright with pride
towering · sky high · eye level · ground level · flat
knee highfloor length
Garment reaching the ground
ankle length · full length · ground level · cropped · micro