English dictionary
deep
adjectivePronunciation
diːp
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
adjective
- strong; intense
adjective
- very distant in time or space
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
adjective
- relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
adjective
- difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
adjective
- of an obscure nature
adjective
- with head or back bent low
adjective
- having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
adjective
- large in quantity or size
adjective
- intense or extreme
adjective
- (of darkness) densely dark
adjective
- marked by depth of thinking
adjective
- relatively thick from top to bottom
adjective
- extending relatively far inward
adverb
- to a great depth; far down or in
adverb
- to a great distance
adverb
- to an advanced time
noun
- literary term for an ocean
noun
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
noun
- the central and most intense or profound part
Example sentences
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