deep
adverb
-
to a great depthdeeply
-
to a great distance“penetrated deep into enemy territory”
-
to an advanced time“deep into the night”late
adjective
-
exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy“deep political machinations”
-
strongrich
-
very distant in time or space“deep in the past”
-
having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center
-
relatively deep or strong“affecting one deeply”
-
difficult to penetrateabstruserecondite
-
of an obscure naturecrypticcrypticalmysteriousinscrutablemystifying
-
with head or back bent low“a deep bow”
-
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range“a deep voice”bass
-
large in quantity or size“deep cuts in the budget”
-
extreme“in deep trouble”all-fired
-
very intense darkness“The deep blue shirt looked almost black in the dim lighting.”thick
-
marked by depth of thinking“deep thoughts”
-
relatively thick from top to bottom“deep carpets”
-
extending relatively far inward“a deep border”
noun
-
literary term for an ocean“denizens of the deep”
-
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floortrenchoceanic abyss
-
the central and most intense or profound part“in the deep of night”