deep

deep · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Extending far down from the top or surface.

  2. 2.

    Extending far inward or backward.

  3. 3.

    Intense or profound in quality.

  4. 4.

    (Of a color) Dark and strong.

  5. 5.

    (Of sound) Low in pitch.

  6. 6.

    Difficult to understand; profound.

  7. 7.

    Far down or in.

  8. 8.

    (The deep) The sea, especially the part far from land.

Related words

Antonyms: shallow, superficial
See also: depth, profound, shallow
Synonyms: bottomless, intense, low, profound

Etymology

From Old English deop meaning "deep, profound," from Proto-Germanic deupaz. Related to German tief and Dutch diep.