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adjective
Deep  adj.  (compar. deeper; superl. deepest)  
1.
Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea. "The water where the brook is deep."
2.
Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. "Shadowing squadrons deep." "Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook."
3.
Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.
4.
Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot. "Speculations high or deep." "A question deep almost as the mystery of life." "O Lord,... thy thoughts are very deep."
5.
Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. "Deep clerks she dumbs."
6.
Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. "Deep despair." "Deep silence." "Deep sleep." "Deeper darkness." "Their deep poverty." "An attitude of deep respect."
7.
Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.
8.
Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. "The deep thunder." "The bass of heaven's deep organ."
9.
Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads. "The ways in that vale were very deep."
A deep line of operations (Military), a long line.
Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments.


adverb
Deep  adv.  To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply. "Deep-versed in books, and shallow in himself." "Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring." Note: Deep, in its usual adverbial senses, is often prefixed to an adjective; as, deep-chested, deep-cut, deep-seated, deep-toned, deep-voiced, "deep-uddered kine."


noun
Deep  n.  
1.
That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth. "Courage from the deeps of knowledge springs." "The hollow deep of hell resounded." "Blue Neptune storms, the bellowing deeps resound."
2.
That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss. "Thy judgments are a great deep."
Deep of night, the most quiet or profound part of night; dead of night. "The deep of night is crept upon our talk."





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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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