DEEP





Definition:

  1. [adverb] to a great depth; "dived deeply"; "dug deep"
    Synonyms: ly

  2. [adverb] to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening"
    Synonyms: late

  3. [adverb] to far into space; "penetrated deep into enemy territory"; "went deep into the woods";

  4. [noun] the central and most intense or profound part; "in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter"

  5. [noun] a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
    Synonyms: trench, oceanic abyss

  6. [noun] literary term for an ocean; "denizens of the deep"

  7. [adjective] relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep"

  8. [adjective] marked by depth of thinking; "deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory"

  9. [adjective] having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep"

  10. [adjective] very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"

  11. [adjective] extreme; "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness"

  12. [adjective] having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"
    Synonyms: bass

  13. [adjective] strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red"
    Synonyms: rich

  14. [adjective] relatively thick from top to bottom; "deep carpets"; "deep snow"

  15. [adjective] extending relatively far inward; "a deep border"

  16. [adjective] (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"
    Synonyms: thick

  17. [adjective] large in quantity or size; "deep cuts in the budget"

  18. [adjective] with head or back bent low; "a deep bow"

  19. [adjective] of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
    Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying

  20. [adjective] difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
    Synonyms: abstruse, recondite

  21. [adjective] exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy; "deep political machinations"; "a deep plot"

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