deep

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adj. and adv. -er, -est, n.

1) extending far down from the top or surface:

a deep well; a deep cut[/ex]

2) extending far in or back from the front:

a deep shelf[/ex]

3) extending far in width; broad:

a deep border[/ex]

4) ranging far from the earth and sun:

a deep space probe[/ex]

5) having a specified dimension in depth:

a tank 10 feet deep[/ex]

6) immersed or submerged (usu. fol. by in):

a road deep in snow[/ex]

7) cvb covered or immersed to a specified depth (often used in combination):

standing knee-deep in mud[/ex]

8) situated far back or within:

deep in the woods[/ex]

9) far back in geological history:

deep time[/ex]

10) coming from far down:

a deep breath[/ex]

11) made with the body bent or lowered to a considerable degree:

a deep curtsy[/ex]

12) difficult to understand; abstruse:

a deep allegory[/ex]

13) not superficial; profound:

deep thoughts[/ex]

14) heartfelt; sincere:

deep affections[/ex]

15) great in measure; intense:

deep sorrow[/ex]

16) sound and heavy:

deep sleep[/ex]

17) (of colors) dark and vivid:

a deep red[/ex]

18) low in pitch, as sound, a voice, or the like

19) mysterious; obscure:

deep, dark secrets[/ex]

20) involved or enveloped:

to be deep in debt[/ex]

21) absorbed; engrossed:

deep in thought[/ex]

22) spo baseball relatively far from home plate:

deep center field[/ex]

23) ling. of or pertaining to the deep structure of a sentence

24) larger than usual:

deep discounts[/ex]

25) to or at a considerable or specified depth

26) to a depth or breadth of several such persons or things (used in combination):

lined up three-deep around the block[/ex]

27) far on in time:

to look deep into the future[/ex]

28) spo baseball farther than usual from home plate:

The outfielders played deep[/ex]

29) gel oce the deep part of a body of water, esp. an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 ft. (5400 m)

30) a vast extent, as of space or time

31) the part of greatest intensity, as of winter

32) naut. navig. any of the unmarked levels, one fathom apart, on a deep-sea lead line

Compare mark I, 18)

33) the deep, Literary the sea or ocean:

The deep was his final resting place[/ex]

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- go off the deep end in deep

Etymology: bef. 900; ME dep, OE dēop, c. OHG tiof, ON djupr, Go diups deep′ly, adv. deep′ness, n.