Word: deep Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰnós Proto-Germanic *deupaz Proto-West Germanic *deup Old English dēop Middle English dep English deep From Middle English dep, deep, depe, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-nós, from *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognates Cognate with Scots depe (“deep”), North Frisian diip, jip (“deep”), Saterland Frisian djoop (“deep”), West Frisian djip (“deep”), Alemannic German tüüf (“deep”), Central Franconian deef, deep (“deep”), Dutch diep (“deep”), German tief (“deep”), Luxembourgish déif (“deep”), Mòcheno tiaf (“deep”), Vilamovian tif, tīf, tiif (“deep”), Yiddish טיף (tif, “deep”), Danish dyb (“deep”), Faroese and Icelandic djúpur (“deep”), Norwegian Bokmål djup, dyp (“deep”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish djup (“deep”), Scanian djyber (“deep”), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐍃 (diups, “deep”), Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), Albanian det (“sea”), Welsh dwfn (“deep”). Pronunciation: /diːp/ 1. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Labels: also, figuratively Example: The lake is extremely deep. Example: We hiked into a deep valley between tall mountains. 2. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Labels: also, figuratively Example: Diving down to deep wrecks can be dangerous. Example: I can't get the bullet out – it's too deep. 3. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Labels: also, figuratively Example: He [the panda] comes from deepest Asia , high up in the remote mountains of Szechwan and Kansu. In addition to that he is further protected by the fact that he lives in the secure fastnesses of the bamboo jungles. Example: Impressive though Egyptian culture was, it was in deep Africa that Jung came closer to understanding himself as a man. 4. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Labels: also, figuratively Example: The shelves are 30 centimetres deep. — They are deep shelves. Example: That cyclist's deep chest allows him to draw more air. 5. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Labels: also, figuratively, in-compounds Example: The water was waist-deep. Example: There is an arm-deep hole in the wall. 6. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Labels: also, figuratively Example: a crowd four deep along the funeral procession, with people two deep on the sidewalks Example: The fleet of ships was fifty sail deep. 7. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Labels: also, figuratively Example: to take a deep breath / sigh / drink Example: Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat. 8. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Labels: also, figuratively Example: He is fielding at deep mid wicket. Example: She hit a ball into deep center field. 9. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Labels: also, figuratively Example: a deep volley Example: a deep run into the opposition half 10. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Labels: also, figuratively Example: Our defensive live is too deep. We need to move further up the field. Example: She returns serve from a very deep position. 11. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Labels: also, figuratively, often Example: the brachialis is deep to the biceps Example: The superficial fascia surrounds the body and includes subcutaneous fat; the deep fascia surrounds the musculoskeletal system; the meningeal fascia surrounds the nervous system; the visceral fascia surrounds body cavities and organs. 12. Complex, involved. Example: That is a deep thought! 13. Complex, involved. Example: Your analysis does not cut deep enough yet. Example: They're in deep discussion. 14. Complex, involved. Example: a deep subject or plot Example: Why it was that the ancients had no landscape painting, is a question deep almost as the mystery of life, and harder of solution than all the problems of jurisprudence combined. 15. Complex, involved. Example: Deepe clearks ſhe dumb's Example: I never said I was deep, but I am profoundly shallow / My lack of knowledge is vast, and my horizons are narrow 16. Complex, involved. Example: Or doth she only seem to take ⁠The touch of change in calm or storm; ⁠But knows no more of transient form In her deep self, than some dead lake That holds the shadow of a lark ⁠Hung in the shadow of a heaven? 17. Low in pitch. Example: She has a very deep contralto voice. Example: The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity. 18. Highly saturated; rich. Example: That's a very deep shade of blue. Example: The spices impart a deep flavour to the dish. 19. Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken). Example: He was in a deep sleep. 20. Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads. Example: The ways in that vale were very deep. 21. Distant in the past, ancient. Example: deep time Example: in the deep past