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English adjective: deep | |||
| 1. | deep relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply | ||
| Samples | A deep breath. A deep sigh. Deep concentration. Deep emotion. A deep trance. In a deep sleep. | ||
| Similar | heavy, profound, profound, sound, wakeless | ||
| Attribute | deepness, depth | ||
| Antonyms | shallow | ||
| 2. | deep marked by depth of thinking | ||
| Samples | Deep thoughts. A deep allegory. | ||
| Similar | profound | ||
| Antonyms | superficial | ||
| 3. | deep 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 | ||
| Samples | A deep well. 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. | ||
| Similar | abysmal, abyssal, bottomless, deep-water, profound, unfathomable, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded, walk-in | ||
| See also | unfathomable | ||
| Attribute | deepness, depth | ||
| Antonyms | shallow | ||
| 4. | deep very distant in time or space | ||
| Samples | Deep in the past. Deep in enemy territory. Deep in the woods. A deep space probe. | ||
| Similar | distant | ||
| Antonyms | close | ||
| 5. | deep extreme | ||
| Samples | In deep trouble. Deep happiness. | ||
| Similar | intense | ||
| Antonyms | mild | ||
| 6. | deep having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range | ||
| Samples | A deep voice. A bass voice is lower than a baritone voice. A bass clarinet. | ||
| Synonyms | bass | ||
| Similar | low, low-pitched | ||
| Antonyms | high-pitched, high | ||
| 7. | deep strong; intense | ||
| Samples | Deep purple. A rich red. | ||
| Synonyms | rich | ||
| Similar | colorful, colourful | ||
| Antonyms | colorless, colourless | ||
| 8. | deep relatively thick from top to bottom | ||
| Samples | Deep carpets. Deep snow. | ||
| Similar | thick | ||
| Antonyms | thin | ||
| 9. | deep extending relatively far inward | ||
| Samples | A deep border. | ||
| Similar | broad, wide | ||
| Antonyms | narrow | ||
| 10. | deep (of darkness) very intense | ||
| Samples | Thick night. Thick darkness. A face in deep shadow. Deep night. | ||
| Synonyms | thick | ||
| Similar | intense | ||
| Antonyms | mild | ||
| 11. | deep large in quantity or size | ||
| Samples | Deep cuts in the budget. | ||
| Similar | big, large | ||
| Antonyms | little, small | ||
| 12. | deep with head or back bent low | ||
| Samples | A deep bow. | ||
| Similar | low | ||
| Antonyms | high | ||
| 13. | deep of an obscure nature | ||
| Samples | The new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms. 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. | ||
| Synonyms | cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying | ||
| Similar | incomprehensible, inexplicable | ||
| Antonyms | explicable | ||
| 14. | deep difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | ||
| Samples | The professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them. A deep metaphysical theory. Some recondite problem in historiography. | ||
| Synonyms | abstruse, recondite | ||
| Similar | esoteric | ||
| Antonyms | exoteric | ||
| 15. | deep exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy | ||
| Samples | Deep political machinations. A deep plot. | ||
| Similar | artful | ||
| Antonyms | artless | ||
English noun: deep | |||
| 1. | deep (time) the central and most intense or profound part | ||
| Samples | In the deep of night. In the deep of winter. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | middle | ||
| 2. | deep (object) a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor | ||
| Synonyms | oceanic abyss, trench | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | depression, natural depression | ||
| Instance hyponym | Atacama Trench, Bougainville Trench, Japan Trench, Nares Deep | ||
| 3. | deep (object) literary term for an ocean | ||
| Samples | Denizens of the deep. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ocean | ||
English adverb: deep | |||
| 1. | deep to a great depth;far down | ||
| Samples | Dived deeply. Dug deep. | ||
| Synonyms | deeply | ||
| 2. | deep to an advanced time | ||
| Samples | Deep into the night. Talked late into the evening. | ||
| Synonyms | late | ||
| 3. | deep to a great distance | ||
| Samples | Penetrated deep into enemy territory. Went deep into the woods. | ||
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