deep
1. the central and most intense or profound part
- in the deep of night
- in the deep of winter
• Hypernyms:
middle
2. a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
• Syn:
trench, oceanic abyss
• Hypernyms:
natural depression, depression
• Instance Hyponyms:
Atacama Trench, Bougainville Trench, Japan Trench, Nares Deep
3. literary term for an ocean
- denizens of the deep
• Hypernyms:
ocean
1. relatively deep or strong;
affecting one deeply (Freq. 16)
- a deep breath
- a deep sigh
- deep concentration
- deep emotion
- a deep trance
- in a deep sleep
• Ant:
shallow
• Similar to:
heavy, profound, sound, wakeless
• Attrubites:
depth, deepness
2. marked by depth of thinking (Freq. 12)
- deep thoughts
- a deep allegory
• Similar to:
profound
• Derivationally related forms:
deepness
3. 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 (Freq. 11)
- 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
• Ant:
shallow
• Similar to:
abysmal, abyssal, unfathomable, bottomless, deep-water,
profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded, walk-in
• See Also:
unfathomable
• Derivationally related forms:
deepness
• Attrubites:
depth, deepness
4. very distant in time or space (Freq. 7)
- deep in the past
- deep in enemy territory
- deep in the woods
- a deep space probe
• Similar to:
distant
5. extreme (Freq. 6)
- in deep trouble
- deep happiness
• Similar to:
intense
6. having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range (Freq. 5)
- a deep voice
- a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice
- a bass clarinet
• Syn:
bass
• Similar to:
low, low-pitched
• Derivationally related forms:
deepness
7. strong;
intense (Freq. 3)
- deep purple
- a rich red
• Syn:
rich
• Similar to:
colorful, colourful
• Derivationally related forms:
richness (for: rich)
8. relatively thick from top to bottom (Freq. 2)
- deep carpets
- deep snow
• Similar to:
thick
• Derivationally related forms:
deepness
9. extending relatively far inward
- a deep border
• Similar to:
wide, broad
10. (of darkness) very intense
- thick night
- thick darkness
- a face in deep shadow
- deep night
• Syn:
thick
• Similar to:
intense
11. large in quantity or size
- deep cuts in the budget
• Similar to:
large, big
12. with head or back bent low
- a deep bow
• Similar to:
low
13. difficult to penetrate;
incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
- the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them
- a deep metaphysical theory
- some recondite problem in historiography
• Syn:
abstruse, recondite
• Similar to:
esoteric
• Derivationally related forms:
reconditeness (for: recondite), abstrusity (for: abstruse), abstruseness (for: abstruse)
14. of an obscure nature
- 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"- Rachel Carson
- rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
• Syn:
cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
• Similar to:
inexplicable, incomprehensible
• Derivationally related forms:
mystery (for: mysterious), inscrutability (for: inscrutable)
15. exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
- deep political machinations
- a deep plot
• Similar to:
artful
1. to a great depth;
far down (Freq. 3)
- dived deeply
- dug deep
• Syn:
deeply
• Derived from adjective:
deep (for: deeply)
2. to an advanced time
- deep into the night
- talked late into the evening
• Syn:
late
3. to a great distance
- penetrated deep into enemy territory
- went deep into the woods
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