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deep
exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
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adjective
exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
“deep political machinations”
adjective
strong; intense
“deep purple”
adjective
very distant in time or space
“deep in the past”
adjective
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”
adjective
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
“a deep breath”
adjective
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
“the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them”
adjective
of an obscure nature
“the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms”
adjective
with head or back bent low
“a deep bow”
adjective
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
“a deep voice”
adjective
large in quantity or size
“deep cuts in the budget”
adjective
intense or extreme
“in deep trouble”
adjective
(of darkness) densely dark
“thick night”
adjective
marked by depth of thinking
“deep thoughts”
adjective
relatively thick from top to bottom
“deep carpets”
adjective
extending relatively far inward
“a deep border”
adverb
to a great depth; far down or in
“dived deeply”
adverb
to a great distance
“penetrated deep into enemy territory”
adverb
to an advanced time
“deep into the night”
noun
literary term for an ocean
“denizens of the deep”
noun
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
noun
the central and most intense or profound part
“in the deep of night”
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deep political machinations
a deep plot
deep purple
a rich red
deep in the past
deep in enemy territory
deep in the woods
a deep space probe
a deep well
a deep dive
deep water
a deep casserole
a deep gash
a deep breath
a deep sigh
deep concentration
deep emotion
a deep trance
the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them
a deep metaphysical theory
some recondite problem in historiography
the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
a deep dark secret
the inscrutable workings of Providence
{'source': 'Rachel Carson', 'text': 'in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life'}
rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
a deep bow
a deep voice
a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice
a bass clarinet
deep cuts in the budget
in deep trouble
deep happiness
thick night
thick darkness
a face in deep shadow
deep night
deep thoughts
a deep allegory
deep carpets
deep snow
a deep border
dived deeply
dug deep
penetrated deep into enemy territory
went deep into the woods
deep into the night
talked late into the evening
denizens of the deep
in the deep of night
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