deep

deep (d

adj. deep·er, deep·est

a. Extending far downward below a surface: a deep hole in the river ice.

b. Extending far inward from an outer surface: a deep cut.

c. Extending far backward from front to rear: a deep walk-in refrigerator.

d. Extending far from side to side from a center: a deep yard surrounding the house.

e. Far distant down or in: deep in the woods.

f. Coming from or penetrating to a depth: a deep sigh.

g. Sports Located or taking place near the outer boundaries of the area of play: deep left field.

2. Extending a specific distance in a given direction: snow four feet deep.

3. Far distant in time or space: deep in the past.

a. Difficult to penetrate or understand; recondite: a deep metaphysical theory.

b. Of a mysterious or obscure nature: a deep secret; ancient and deep tribal rites.

c. Very learned or intellectual; wise: a deep philosopher.

d. Exhibiting great cunning or craft: deep political machinations.

a. Of a grave or extreme nature: deep trouble; deepest deceit.

b. Very absorbed or involved: deep in thought; deep in financial difficulties.

c. Profound in quality or feeling: a deep trance; deep devotion.

6. Rich and intense in shade. Used of a color: a deep red.

7. Low in pitch; resonant: a deep voice.

8. Covered or surrounded to a designated degree. Often used in combination: waist-deep in the water; ankle-deep in snow.

9. Large in quantity or size; big: deep cuts in the budget.

10. Sports Having a sufficient number of capable reserve players: That team is not very deep.

adv.

1. To a great depth; deeply: dig deep; feelings that run deep.

2. Well along in time; late: worked deep into the night.

3. Sports Close to the outer boundaries of the area of play: played deep for the first three innings; ran deep into their opponents' territory.

a. A deep place in land or in a body of water: drowned in the deep of the river.

b. A vast, immeasurable extent: the deep of outer space.

2. The extent of encompassing time or space; firmament.

3. The most intense or extreme part: the deep of night.

4. The ocean.

5. Nautical A distance estimated in fathoms between successive marks on a sounding line.

Idioms:

deep down

At bottom; basically: Deep down, she was still a rebel.

in deep water

In difficulty.

[Middle English dep, from Old English dop; see dheub- in Indo-European roots.]

deeply adv.

deepness n.

deep

Adjective

1. extending or situated far down from a surface: a deep ditch

2. extending or situated far inwards, backwards, or sideways

3. of a specified dimension downwards, inwards, or backwards: six metres deep

4. coming from or penetrating to a great depth

5. difficult to understand

6. of great intensity: deep doubts

7. deep in totally absorbed in: deep in conversation

8. (of a colour) intense or dark

9. low in pitch: a deep laugh

10. go off the deep end Informal to lose one's temper

11. in deep water Informal in a tricky position or in trouble

Noun

1. any deep place on land or under water

2. the deep

a. Poetic the ocean

b. Cricket the area of the field relatively far from the pitch

3. the most profound, intense, or central part: the deep of winter

Adverb

1. late: deep into the night

2. profoundly or intensely: deep down I was afraid it was all my fault [Old English dēop]

deeply adv

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	deep - the central and most intense or profound part; "in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter" middle - time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"
	2.	deep - a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor oceanic abyss, trench natural depression, depression - a sunken or depressed geological formation
	3.	deep - literary term for an ocean; "denizens of the deep" ocean - a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
Adj.	1.	deep - relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep" shallow - not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance"
	2.	deep - marked by depth of thinking; "deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory" profound - showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
	3.	deep - 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" unfathomable - of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured shallow - lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field"
	4.	deep - very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe" distant - separated in space or coming from or going to a distance; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"
	5.	deep - extreme; "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness" intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
	6.	deep - having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" bass low-pitched, low - used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
	7.	deep - strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red" rich colorful, colourful - having striking color; "colorful autumn leaves"
	8.	deep - relatively thick from top to bottom; "deep carpets"; "deep snow" thick - not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
	9.	deep - extending relatively far inward; "a deep border" broad, wide - having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
	10.	deep - (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" thick intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
	11.	deep - large in quantity or size; "deep cuts in the budget" big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
	12.	deep - with head or back bent low; "a deep bow" low - literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
	13.	deep - of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable 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" cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying incomprehensible, inexplicable - incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"
	14.	deep - 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" abstruse, recondite esoteric - confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"
	15.	deep - exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy; "deep political machinations"; "a deep plot" artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"
Adv.	1.	deep - to a great depth;far down; "dived deeply"; "dug deep" deeply
	2.	deep - to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening" late
	3.	deep - to a great distance; "penetrated deep into enemy territory"; "went deep into the woods"

deep

adjective 1. big, wide, broad, profound, yawning, cavernous, bottomless, unfathomable, fathomless, abyssal << OPPOSITE shallow

adjective 2. intense, great, serious (informal) acute, extreme, grave, profound, heartfelt, unqualified, abject, deeply felt, heartrending << OPPOSITE superficial

adjective 3. sound, peaceful, profound, unbroken, undisturbed, untroubled

adjective 4. (with in) absorbed in, lost in, gripped by, intent on, preoccupied with, carried away by, immersed in, engrossed in, rapt by

adjective 5. wise, learned, searching, keen, critical, acute, profound, penetrating, discriminating, shrewd, discerning, astute, perceptive, incisive, perspicacious, sagacious << OPPOSITE simple

adjective 6. dark, strong, rich, warm, intense, vivid << OPPOSITE light

adjective 7. low, booming, bass, full, mellow, resonant, sonorous, mellifluous, dulcet, low-pitched, full-toned << OPPOSITE high

adjective 8. astute, knowing, clever, designing, scheming, sharp, smart, intelligent, discriminating, shrewd, cunning, discerning, canny, devious, perceptive, insidious, artful, far-sighted, far-seeing, perspicacious, sagacious << OPPOSITE simple

adjective 9. secret, hidden, unknown, mysterious, concealed, obscure, abstract, veiled, esoteric, mystifying, impenetrable, arcane, abstruse, recondite

noun 10. middle, heart, midst, dead, thick, culmination

adverb 11. far, a long way, a good way, miles, deeply, far down, a great distance

adverb 12. far, late >> the deep (Poetic) the ocean, the sea, the waves, the main, the drink (informal) the high seas, the briny (informal)

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