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| 1. | [ adjective ] relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply | |
| Examples: | "a deep breath" "a deep sigh" "deep concentration" "deep emotion" "a deep trance" "in a deep sleep" |
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| Related terms: | shallow profound heavy depth | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] marked by depth of thinking | |
| Examples: | "deep thoughts" "a deep allegory" |
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| Related terms: | profound | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] having great spatial extension or penetration; downward ("a deep well"); inward from an outer surface ("a deep gash"); backward ("deep shelves"); laterally ("a deep yard"); outward; sometimes used in combination | |
| Examples: | "waist-deep" |
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| Related terms: | shallow profound bottomless in_depth abysmal walk-in deep-water deep-water unfathomable depth | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] very distant in time or space | |
| Examples: | "deep in the past" "deep in enemy territory" "deep in the woods" "a deep space probe" |
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| Related terms: | distant | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] extreme | |
| Examples: | "in deep trouble" "deep happiness" |
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| Related terms: | intense | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range | |
| Synonyms: | bass | |
| Examples: | "a deep voice" "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice" "a bass clarinet" |
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| Related terms: | low | |
| 7. | [ adverb ] to a great depth; | |
| Synonyms: | deeply | |
| Examples: | "dived deeply" "dug deep" |
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| 8. | [ adjective ] strong; intense | |
| Synonyms: | rich | |
| Examples: | "deep purple" "a rich red" |
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| Related terms: | colorful | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] relatively thick from top to bottom | |
| Examples: | "deep carpets" "deep snow" |
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| Related terms: | thick | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] extending relatively far inward | |
| Examples: | "a deep border" |
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| Related terms: | wide | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] with head or back bent low | |
| Examples: | "a deep bow" |
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| Related terms: | low | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] of an obscure nature | |
| Synonyms: | mysterious cryptic inscrutable mystifying cryptical | |
| Examples: | "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms" "a deep dark secret" "the inscrutable workings of Providence" "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands" |
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| Related terms: | inexplicable | |
| 13. | [ noun ] the central and most intense or profound part | |
| Examples: | "in the deep of night" "in the deep of winter" |
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| Related terms: | middle | |
| 14. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 29119 | |
| 15. | [ adjective ] large in quantity or size | |
| Examples: | "deep cuts in the budget" |
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| Related terms: | large | |
| 16. | [ adjective ] exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy | |
| Examples: | "deep political machinations" "a deep plot" |
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| Related terms: | artful | |
| 17. | [ adverb ] to far into space | |
| Examples: | "penetrated deep into enemy territory" "went deep into the woods"; |
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| 18. | [ adverb ] to an advanced time | |
| Synonyms: | late | |
| Examples: | "deep into the night" "talked late into the evening" |
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| 19. | [ adjective ] (of darkness) very intense | |
| Synonyms: | thick | |
| Examples: | "thick night" "thick darkness" "a face in deep shadow" "deep night" |
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| Related terms: | intense | |
| 20. | [ noun ] (geology,geography) a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor | |
| Synonyms: | oceanic_abyss trench | |
| Related terms: | natural_depression japan_trench bougainville_trench nares_deep atacama_trench | |
| 21. | [ adjective ] difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | |
| Synonyms: | recondite abstruse | |
| Examples: | "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them" "a deep metaphysical theory" "some recondite problem in historiography" |
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| Related terms: | esoteric | |
| 22. | [ noun ] (geography) literary term for an ocean | |
| Synonyms: | oceanic_abyss | |
| Examples: | "denizens of the deep" |
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| Related terms: | body_of_water ocean main | |
| Similar spelling: |
Depp Devoe Depuy Depue Deppe Depew Defoe Defeo Deveau Depauw Deb Debbie Devi defy Deeb Debo Debi deaf |
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