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Deep

adjective

(compar. deeper; superl. deepest)

1.

Relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply. "A deep sigh" , "Deep concentration" , "Deep emotion" , "A deep trance" , "In a deep sleep"

2.

Marked by depth of thinking. "A deep allegory"

3.

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 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"

4.

Very distant in time or space. "Deep in enemy territory" , "Deep in the woods" , "A deep space probe"

5.

Extreme. "Deep happiness"

6.

Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range. Synonym: bass. "A bass voice is lower than a baritone voice" , "A bass clarinet"

7.

Strong; intense. Synonym: rich. "A rich red"

8.

Relatively thick from top to bottom. "Deep snow"

9.

Extending relatively far inward.

10.

(of darkness) very intense. Synonym: thick. "Thick darkness" , "A face in deep shadow" , "Deep night"

11.

Large in quantity or size.

12.

With head or back bent low.

13.

Of an obscure nature. Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying. "A deep dark secret" , "The inscrutable workings of Providence" , "In its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life" , "Rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"

14.

Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge. Synonyms: abstruse, recondite. "A deep metaphysical theory" , "Some recondite problem in historiography"

15.

Exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy. "A deep plot"

adverb

1.

To a great depth;far down. Synonym: deeply. "Dug deep"

2.

To an advanced time. Synonym: late. "Talked late into the evening"

3.

To a great distance. "Went deep into the woods"

noun

1.

The central and most intense or profound part. "In the deep of winter"

2.

A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor. Synonyms: oceanic abyss, trench.

3.

Literary term for an ocean.

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"Deep" Quotes from Famous Books

... Zagathai we travelled directly north, and our attendants began to pilfer largely from us, because we took too little heed of our property, but experience at length taught us wisdom. At length we reached the bounds of this province, which is fortified by a deep ditch, from sea to sea[1]. Immediately beyond this ditch, we came to the station to which our conductors belonged, where all the inhabitants seemed to be infected with leprosy; and certain base people are placed here to receive the tribute from ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 1 • Robert Kerr

... with you, M. de Kercadiou, and because of my deep regard for you, I did my best to avoid this, even though as you will understand the death of my dear friend and cousin Chabrillane seemed to summon me to action, even though I knew that my circumspection was becoming matter for criticism among my ...

— Scaramouche - A Romance of the French Revolution • Rafael Sabatini

... alternately raised to catch the warmth, and then dropped with an utter laxness when the warmth became too pronounced, "Parson Simpson's a smart man; but I tell ye, it's kind o' discouragin'. Why, he said our state and condition by natur war just like this: We war clear down in a well fifty feet deep, and the sides all round nothin' but glare ice; but we war under immediate obligations to get out, 'cause we war free, voluntary agents. But nobody ever had got out, and nobody would, unless the Lord reached down and took 'em. And whether he would or not ...

— The Wit of Women - Fourth Edition • Kate Sanborn

... lived, I became half conscious of something strange and unusual in the atmosphere; I felt the strange sensation of being lost, of being in the wrong place. Men and women stood about in silent knots, and through the deep twilight I felt rather than heard the deep throbbing of fire-engines. Pressing through the little knots of men and women, I stood before the red mass of embers and watched the firemen pour their quenching streams upon the ...

— The Long Day - The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself • Dorothy Richardson

... who was the father of her child. A strange mixture of feelings had taken the place of her old fear and disgust; there was still horror, especially of the new guilt which separated him more than ever from her purer world, but there was a deep and yearning pity also. She felt sure, before Mr. Strafford arrived, that he would tell her she was right; that Christian—even by the very act which had put him out of the ranks of ordinary men, out of the place, ...

— A Canadian Heroine, Volume 2 - A Novel • Mrs. Harry Coghill

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