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deep

  [deep] adjective -er, -est, noun, adverb, -er, -est.
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–adjective
1. extending far down from the top or surface: a deep well; a deep valley.
2. extending far in or back from the front or from an edge, surface, opening, etc., considered as the front: a deep shelf.
3. extending far in width; broad: deep lace; a deep border.
4. ranging far from the earth and sun: a deep space probe.
5. having a specified dimension in depth: a tank 8 feet deep.
6. covered or immersed to a specified depth (often used in combination): standing knee-deep in water.
7. having a specified width or number of items from front to back (often used in combination): shelves that are 10 inches deep; cars lined up at the entrance gates three-deep.
8. extending or cutting far down relative to the surface of a given object: The knife made a deep scar in the table.
9. situated far down, in, or back: deep below the surface; deep in the woods.
10. reaching or advancing far down: a deep dive.
11. coming from far down: a deep breath.
12. made with the body bent or lowered to a considerable degree: a deep bow.
13. immersed or submerged in or heavily covered with (fol. by in): a road deep in mud.
14. difficult to penetrate or understand; abstruse: a deep allegory.
15. not superficial; profound: deep thoughts.
16. grave or serious: deep disgrace.
17. heartfelt; sincere: deep affections.
18. absorbing; engrossing: deep study.
19. great in measure; intense; extreme: deep sorrow.
20. sound and heavy; profound: deep sleep.
21. (of colors) dark and vivid: a deep red.
22. low in pitch, as sound, a voice, or the like: deep, sonorous tones.
23. having penetrating intellectual powers: a deep scholar.
24. profoundly cunning or artful: a deep and crafty scheme.
25. mysterious; obscure: deep, dark secrets.
26. immersed or involved; enveloped: a man deep in debt.
27. absorbed; engrossed: deep in thought.
28. Baseball. relatively far from home plate: He hit the ball into deep center field.
29. Linguistics. belonging to an early stage in the transformational derivation of a sentence; belonging to the deep structure.
–noun
30. the deep part of a body of water, esp. an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 ft. (5400 m).
31. a vast extent, as of space or time.
32. the part of greatest intensity, as of winter.
33. Nautical. any of the unmarked levels, one fathom apart, on a deep-sea lead line. Compare mark 1 (def. 20).
34. the deep, Chiefly Literary. the sea or ocean: He was laid to rest in the deep.
–adverb
35. to or at a considerable or specified depth: The boat rode deep in the water.
36. far on in time: He claimed he could see deep into the future.
37. profoundly; intensely.
38. Baseball. at or to a deep place or position: The outfielders played deep, knowing the batter's reputation as a slugger.
—Idioms
39. go off the deep end,
a. to enter upon a course of action with heedless or irresponsible indifference to consequences.
b. to become emotionally overwrought.
40. in deep,
a. inextricably involved.
b. having made or committed oneself to make a large financial investment.
41. in deep water,
a. in difficult or serious circumstances; in trouble.
b. in a situation beyond the range of one's capability or skill: You're a good student, but you'll be in deep water in medical school.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME dep, OE dēop; akin to Goth diups, ON djupr, OHG tiof

Related forms:
deepness, noun

Synonyms:
14. recondite, mysterious, obscure, profound. 23. sagacious, wise, profound, shrewd.

Antonyms:
1, 10, 15–17, 23. shallow.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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deep   (dēp)   
adj.   deep·er, deep·est
    1. Extending far downward below a surface: a deep hole in the river ice.
    2. Extending far inward from an outer surface: a deep cut.
    3. Extending far backward from front to rear: a deep walk-in refrigerator.
    4. Extending far from side to side from a center: a deep yard surrounding the house.
    5. Far distant down or in: deep in the woods.
    6. Coming from or penetrating to a depth: a deep sigh.
    7. Sports Located or taking place near the outer boundaries of the area of play: deep left field.
    8. Difficult to penetrate or understand; recondite: a deep metaphysical theory.
    9. Of a mysterious or obscure nature: a deep secret; ancient and deep tribal rites.
    10. Very learned or intellectual; wise: a deep philosopher.
    11. Exhibiting great cunning or craft: deep political machinations.
    12. Of a grave or extreme nature: deep trouble; deepest deceit.
    13. Very absorbed or involved: deep in thought; deep in financial difficulties.
    14. Profound in quality or feeling: a deep trance; deep devotion.
  2. Extending a specific distance in a given direction: snow four feet deep.
  3. Far distant in time or space: deep in the past.
    1. Difficult to penetrate or understand; recondite: a deep metaphysical theory.
    2. Of a mysterious or obscure nature: a deep secret; ancient and deep tribal rites.
    3. Very learned or intellectual; wise: a deep philosopher.
    4. Exhibiting great cunning or craft: deep political machinations.
    5. Of a grave or extreme nature: deep trouble; deepest deceit.
    6. Very absorbed or involved: deep in thought; deep in financial difficulties.
    7. Profound in quality or feeling: a deep trance; deep devotion.
    1. Of a grave or extreme nature: deep trouble; deepest deceit.
    2. Very absorbed or involved: deep in thought; deep in financial difficulties.
    3. Profound in quality or feeling: a deep trance; deep devotion.
  6. Rich and intense in shade. Used of a color: a deep red.
  7. Low in pitch; resonant: a deep voice.
  8. Covered or surrounded to a designated degree. Often used in combination: waist-deep in the water; ankle-deep in snow.
  9. Large in quantity or size; big: deep cuts in the budget.
  10. Sports Having a sufficient number of capable reserve players: That team is not very deep.
adv.  
  1. To a great depth; deeply: dig deep; feelings that run deep.
  2. Well along in time; late: worked deep into the night.
  3. Sports Close to the outer boundaries of the area of play: played deep for the first three innings; ran deep into their opponents' territory.
n.  
    1. A deep place in land or in a body of water: drowned in the deep of the river.
    2. A vast, immeasurable extent: the deep of outer space.
  2. The extent of encompassing time or space; firmament.
  3. The most intense or extreme part: the deep of night.
  4. The ocean.
  5. Nautical A distance estimated in fathoms between successive marks on a sounding line.

[Middle English dep, from Old English dēop; see dheub- in Indo-European roots.]
deep'ly adv., deep'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Deep

Deep\ (d[=e]p), a. [Compar. Deeper; superl. Deepest.] [OE. dep, deop, AS. de['o]p; akin to D. diep, G. tief, Icel. dj[=u]pr, Sw. diup, Dan. dyb, Goth. diups; fr. the root of E. dip, dive. See Dip, Dive.]

1. Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea.

The water where the brook is deep. --Shak.

2. Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep.

Shadowing squadrons deep. --Milton.

Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. --Shak.

3. Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.

4. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot.

Speculations high or deep. --Milton.

A question deep almost as the mystery of life. --De Quincey.

O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very deep. --Ps. xcii. 5.

5. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.

Deep clerks she dumbs. --Shak.

6. Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. "Deep despair." --Milton. "Deep silence." --Milton. "Deep sleep." --Gen. ii. 21. "Deeper darkness." -->Hoole. "Their deep poverty." --2 Cor. viii. 2.

An attitude of deep respect. --Motley.

7. Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.

8. Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. "The deep thunder." --Byron.

The bass of heaven's deep organ. --Milton.

9. Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. --Chaucer.

The ways in that vale were very deep. --Clarendon.

A deep line of operations (Military), a long line.

Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments.

Deep

Deep\, adv. To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.

Deep-versed in books, and shallow in himself. --Milton.

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. --Pope.

Note: Deep, in its usual adverbial senses, is often prefixed to an adjective; as, deep-chested, deep-cut, deep-seated, deep-toned, deep-voiced, "deep-uddered kine."

Deep

Deep\, n. 1. That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth.

Courage from the deeps of knowledge springs. --Cowley.

The hollow deep of hell resounded. --Milton.

Blue Neptune storms, the bellowing deeps resound. --Pope.

2. That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss.

Thy judgments are a great deep. --Ps. xxxvi. 6.

Deep of night, the most quiet or profound part of night; dead of night.

The deep of night is crept upon our talk. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : deep
Spanish: profundo,
German: tief,
Japanese: 深い
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deep 
O.E. deop, from P.Gmc. *deupaz, from PIE *d(e)u- "deep, hollow" (cf. O.C.S. duno "bottom, foundation," O.Ir. domun "world," via sense development from "bottom" to "foundation" to "earth" to "world"). Figurative sense was in O.E.; extended 16c. to color, sound. Deep pocket "wealth" is from 1951. Deep-freeze was a registered trademark (U.S. Patent Office, 1941) of a type of refrigerator; used generically for "cold storage" since 1949. To go off the deep end "lose control of oneself" is slang first recorded 1921, probably in reference to the deep end of a swimming pool, where a person on the surface can no longer touch bottom. When 3-D films seemed destined to be the next wave and the biggest thing to hit cinema since "talkies," they were known as deepies (1953). The gods have spared us.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: deep
Pronunciation: 'dEp
Function: adjective
1 a : extending well inward from an outer surface deep gash> b (1) : not located superficially within the body or one of its parts <deep pressure receptors in muscles> (2) : resulting from or involving stimulation of deep structures<deep pain> <deep reflexes>
2 : being below the level of the conscious <deep neuroses> —deep·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Deep

used to denote (1) the grave or the abyss (Rom. 10:7; Luke 8:31); (2) the deepest part of the sea (Ps. 69:15); (3) the chaos mentioned in Gen. 1:2; (4) the bottomless pit, hell (Rev. 9:1, 2; 11:7; 20:13).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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deep

In addition to the idioms beginning with deep, also see beauty is only skin deep; between a rock and a hard place (devil and deep blue sea); go off the deep end; in deep; still waters run deep.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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