| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
deep (diːp) ![]() | |
| —adj (foll by in) | |
| 1. | extending or situated relatively far down from a surface: a deep pool |
| 2. | extending or situated relatively far inwards, backwards, or sideways: a deep border of trees |
| 3. | cricket relatively far from the pitch: the deep field; deep third man |
| 4. | a. (postpositive) of a specified dimension downwards, inwards, or backwards: six feet deep |
| b. (in combination): a six-foot-deep trench | |
| 5. | coming from or penetrating to a great depth: a deep breath |
| 6. | difficult to understand or penetrate; abstruse |
| 7. | learned or intellectually demanding: a deep discussion |
| 8. | of great intensity; extreme: deep happiness; deep trouble |
| 9. | absorbed or enveloped (by); engrossed or immersed (in): deep in study; deep in debt |
| 10. | very cunning or crafty; devious: a deep plot |
| 11. | mysterious or obscure: a deep secret |
| 12. | (of a colour) having an intense or dark hue |
| 13. | low in pitch or tone: a deep voice |
| 14. | informal go off the deep end |
| a. to lose one's temper; react angrily | |
| b. chiefly (US) to act rashly | |
| 15. | in deep water in a tricky position or in trouble |
| 16. | throw someone in at the deep end See end |
| —n | |
| 17. | any deep place on land or under water, esp below 6000 metres (3000 fathoms) |
| 18. | the deep |
| a. a poetic term for the ocean | |
| b. cricket the area of the field relatively far from the pitch | |
| 19. | the most profound, intense, or central part: the deep of winter |
| 20. | a vast extent, as of space or time |
| 21. | nautical one of the intervals on a sounding lead, one fathom apart |
| —adv | |
| 22. | far on in time; late: they worked deep into the night |
| 23. | profoundly or intensely |
| 24. | informal deep down in reality, esp as opposed to appearance: she is a very kind person deep down |
| 25. | deep in the past long ago |
| [Old English dēop; related to Old High German tiof deep, Old Norse djupr] | |
| 'deeply | |
| —adv | |
| 'deepness | |
| —n | |
deep (diːp) ![]() | |
| —adj (foll by in) | |
| 1. | extending or situated relatively far down from a surface: a deep pool |
| 2. | extending or situated relatively far inwards, backwards, or sideways: a deep border of trees |
| 3. | cricket relatively far from the pitch: the deep field; deep third man |
| 4. | a. (postpositive) of a specified dimension downwards, inwards, or backwards: six feet deep |
| b. (in combination): a six-foot-deep trench | |
| 5. | coming from or penetrating to a great depth: a deep breath |
| 6. | difficult to understand or penetrate; abstruse |
| 7. | learned or intellectually demanding: a deep discussion |
| 8. | of great intensity; extreme: deep happiness; deep trouble |
| 9. | absorbed or enveloped (by); engrossed or immersed (in): deep in study; deep in debt |
| 10. | very cunning or crafty; devious: a deep plot |
| 11. | mysterious or obscure: a deep secret |
| 12. | (of a colour) having an intense or dark hue |
| 13. | low in pitch or tone: a deep voice |
| 14. | informal go off the deep end |
| a. to lose one's temper; react angrily | |
| b. chiefly (US) to act rashly | |
| 15. | in deep water in a tricky position or in trouble |
| 16. | throw someone in at the deep end See end |
| —n | |
| 17. | any deep place on land or under water, esp below 6000 metres (3000 fathoms) |
| 18. | the deep |
| a. a poetic term for the ocean | |
| b. cricket the area of the field relatively far from the pitch | |
| 19. | the most profound, intense, or central part: the deep of winter |
| 20. | a vast extent, as of space or time |
| 21. | nautical one of the intervals on a sounding lead, one fathom apart |
| —adv | |
| 22. | far on in time; late: they worked deep into the night |
| 23. | profoundly or intensely |
| 24. | informal deep down in reality, esp as opposed to appearance: she is a very kind person deep down |
| 25. | deep in the past long ago |
| [Old English dēop; related to Old High German tiof deep, Old Norse djupr] | |
| 'deeply | |
| —adv | |
| 'deepness | |
| —n | |
deep definition
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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).