deep

adjective

  1. 1

    exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy

    deep political machinations

    a deep plot

  2. 2

    strong; intense

    deep purple

    a rich red

  3. 3

    very distant in time or space

    deep in the past

    deep in enemy territory

  4. 4

    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

  5. 5

    relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

    a deep breath

    a deep sigh

  6. 6

    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

  7. 7

    of an obscure nature

    the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms

    a deep dark secret

  8. 8

    with head or back bent low

    a deep bow

  9. 9

    having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

    a deep voice

    a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice

noun

  1. 1

    literary term for an ocean

    denizens of the deep

  2. 2

    a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

  3. 3

    the central and most intense or profound part

    in the deep of night

    in the deep of winter

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