deep
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: 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”).
Inflected forms:
form: deeper
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more deep
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: deepest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most deep
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: deepe
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: deeper
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: more deep
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: deepest
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: most deep
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: deepe
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: deeps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: deepe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: deeps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: deeping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: deeped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: deeped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: deepe
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
examples: The lake is extremely deep.
We hiked into a deep valley between tall mountains.
There was a deep layer of dust on the floor; the room had not been disturbed for many years.
In the mid-1970s, the economy went into a deep recession.
We are in deep trouble.
Smooth runnes the Water, where the Brooke is deepe,
Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
While Britain’s recession has been deep and unforgiving, in London it has been relatively shallow.
The differences in biofilm penetration patterns of both tested photosensitisers and the light source could have played an important role for the survival of microorganisms after the application of aPDT. In a recent own study, we showed that the deepest layers of the oral biofilm were not affected by the aPDT [4 ].
gloss: Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
examples: Diving down to deep wrecks can be dangerous.
I can't get the bullet out – it's too deep.
gloss: Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
examples: The shelves are 30 centimetres deep. — They are deep shelves.
That cyclist's deep chest allows him to draw more air.
gloss: Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
in-compounds
examples: The water was waist-deep.
There is an arm-deep hole in the wall.
gloss: Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
examples: a crowd four deep along the funeral procession, with people two deep on the sidewalks
The fleet of ships was fifty sail deep.
gloss: Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
examples: to take a deep breath / sigh / drink
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.
gloss: Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
examples: He is fielding at deep mid wicket.
She hit a ball into deep center field.
gloss: Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
examples: a deep volley
a deep run into the opposition half
gloss: Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
examples: Our defensive live is too deep. We need to move further up the field.
She returns serve from a very deep position.
gloss: Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
often
examples: the brachialis is deep to the biceps
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.
gloss: Complex, involved.
pos: adj
examples: That is a deep thought!
gloss: Complex, involved.
pos: adj
examples: Your analysis does not cut deep enough yet.
They're in deep discussion.
And it's me you need to show / How deep is your love?
gloss: Complex, involved.
pos: adj
examples: a deep subject or plot
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.
gloss: Complex, involved.
pos: adj
examples: Deepe clearks ſhe dumb's
I never said I was deep, but I am profoundly shallow / My lack of knowledge is vast, and my horizons are narrow
gloss: Complex, involved.
pos: adj
examples: 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?
gloss: Low in pitch.
pos: adj
examples: She has a very deep contralto voice.
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.
gloss: Highly saturated; rich.
pos: adj
examples: That's a very deep shade of blue.
The spices impart a deep flavour to the dish.
The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].
gloss: Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
pos: adj
examples: He was in a deep sleep.
gloss: Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
pos: adj
examples: The ways in that vale were very deep.
gloss: Distant in the past, ancient.
pos: adj
examples: deep time
in the deep past
gloss: Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.
pos: adv
examples: The ogre lived in a cave deep underground.
We ventured deep into the forest.
His problems lie deep in the subconscious.
I am deep in debt.
Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
It is one of the ironies of capital cities that each acts as a symbol of its nation, and yet few are even remotely representative of it. London has always set itself apart from the rest of Britain — but political, economic and social trends are conspiring to drive that wedge deeper.
gloss: In a profound, not superficial, manner.
pos: adv
examples: I thought long and deep.
deep-laid
Deep verſt in books and ſhallow in himſelf,
gloss: In large volume.
pos: adv
examples: breathe deep, drink deep
A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing; / Drink deep, or taſte not the Pierian Spring:
gloss: Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.
pos: adv
examples: He's normally a midfield player, but today he's playing deep.
gloss: The deep part of a lake, sea or ocean.
pos: noun
tags: countable
literary
uncountable
with-definite-article
examples: creatures of the deep
gloss: The sea, the ocean.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
with-definite-article
examples: How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?
gloss: A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
gloss: A deep or innermost part of something in general.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: And what delights can equal those
⁠That stir the spirit’s inner deeps,
⁠When one that loves but knows not, reaps
A truth from one that loves and knows?
gloss: A silent time; quiet isolation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
literary
uncountable
with-definite-article
examples: the deep of night
gloss: A deep shade of colour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rare
uncountable
examples: For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine […]
gloss: The profound part of a problem.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
rare
uncountable
gloss: A fielding position near the boundary.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep.
gloss: To overthink; to treat as being deeper (“more profound, significant”) than in reality.
pos: verb
tags: Multicultural-London-English
slang
transitive
examples: ― Ugh, why are these road markings so awfully arranged?
― Quit deeping it bro, just drive, innit.
gloss: To think about, especially deeply (“profoundly”); to consider.
pos: verb
tags: Multicultural-London-English
slang
transitive
examples: No Picasso, I don't care about resistance (Deep dat).
I think I better leave it. I don't wanna beat it, this is not a Michael phase. Every time I deep it, man dem wan' eat it. Trying to recycle, babe.
I grew up so fucked but I didn't even deep it. I'm numb to the feelin' of grievin'.
Synonyms: deep
Antonyms: shallow
frivolous
light
superficial
thin
small
high
high-pitched
piping
pale
desaturated
washed-out
tall
Related words: high
tall
thick
wide
deeps
deep-seated
deep six
fundus
in deep shit
out of one's depth
subaqueous
subterranean
infinite
beauty is only skin deep
deap sea
deep background
deep blue sea
deep copy
deep down
deep drawing
deep end
deep fat
deep freezer
deep in the money
deep in thought
deep kiss
deep link
deep out of the money
deep pockets
Deep South
deep space
deep structure
deep supporting fire
deep thinker
Deep Thought
Deep Throat
deep vein thrombosis
DVT
Deep Web
deep well
in too deep
still waters run deep
Derived words: ace of the deep
a mile wide and an inch deep
ankle-deep
balls deep
balls-deep
between the devil and the deep blue sea
bone-deep
deep abscess
deep adaptation
deep and meaningful
deep auricular artery
deep background
deep blue
deep brain stimulation
deep breathing
deep-breathing
deep-browed
deep cervical artery
deep clean
deep cleaner
deep cleaning
deep color
deep colour
deep copy
deep-copy
deep cover
Deep Creek
deep cut
Deepcut
deep dish
deep-dish
deep-dish pizza
deep dive
deep-dive
deep diver
deep diving
deep down
deep draft
deep-draw
deepdraw
deep drawing
deep-drawing
deep-dye
deep-dyed
deep dyspareunia
deep ecologist
deep ecology
Deep Ellum
deep embedding
deepen
deep end
Deep England
deepfake
deep-fat-fried
deep fat fry
deep-fat-fry
deep-fat fryer
deep-felt
deepfelt
deep femoral artery
deep focus
deep freeze
deep-freeze
deep fried
deep-fried
deep-frozen
deep fry
deep-fry
deep fryer
deep frying
deep-frying
deep funk
deep geological repository
deep-grounded
deep history
deep house
deepie
deep inelastic collision
deep inside
deepish
deepity
deep-laid
deep learning
deep-level
deep link
deep linking
deep-lying
deep-lying midfielder
deep midwicket
deepmost
deep mourning
deep-mouthed
deepness
deepnight
Deep North
deep petrosal nerve
deep pile carpet
deep pocket
deep-pocketed
deep pockets
deep point
deep rhetoric
Deep River
deep-rooted
deep scattering layer
deep sea
deep-sea
deep-sea prawn
deep-sea spiny eel
deep-seated
deep-seeded
deep-set
deep six
deep-six
deep-sky
deep sleep
deepsome
deep song
deep soul
Deep South
deep space
deep-space
deep square leg
deep squat
deep stack
deep stacked
deep stall
deep state
deep stick
deep-submergence vehicle
deep tech
deep temporal artery
deep temporal nerve
deep thinker
Deep Throat
deep throat
deepthroat
deep-throat
deep-throated
deep-throater
deepthroater
deep time
deep tissue
deep underground military base
deep vein
deep vein thrombosis
deep-vein thrombosis
deep water
Deep Water
deepwater
Deepwater
deep-water
deep-water solo
deep web
deep-web
deep Web
Deep Web
depth
dig deep
elbow-deep
foredeep
go deep
heartdeep
I'm 14 and this is deep
in at the deep end
in deep
in deep doo-doo
in deep shit
in too deep
knee-deep in the Big Muddy
knee-deep
kneedeep
Mediterranean Deep Water
neck-deep
neck deep
neckdeep
nondeep
off the deep end
overdeep
roll deep
run deep
semideep
six feet deep
skin-deep
still water runs deep
still waters run deep
superdeep
take a deep breath
throw in at the deep end
ultradeep
undeep
waist-deep
waist-deep in the Big Muddy
words cut deep
bat deep
rapture of the deep
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: խոր
roman: xor
lang: Bashkir
word: тәрән
roman: tərən
lang: Bulgarian
word: дълбо́к
roman: dǎlbók
lang: Catalan
word: profund
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 深奧 /深奥
roman: shēn'ào
lang: Danish
word: dyb
lang: Danish
word: dybsindig
lang: Danish
word: dybttænkende
lang: Dutch
word: diepgaand
lang: Faroese
word: djúpur
lang: Finnish
word: syvällinen
lang: French
word: profond
lang: Galician
word: profundo
lang: Galician
word: fondo
lang: German
word: tief
lang: German
word: tiefgründig
lang: Hebrew
word: עמק
lang: Hebrew
word: עמוק
roman: 'amoq
lang: Hungarian
word: mély
lang: Ido
word: profunda
lang: Irish
word: domhain
lang: Italian
word: profondo
lang: Japanese
word: 深い
roman: fukai
lang: Japanese
word: 深遠
roman: shin'en
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: dûrûdirêj
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kûrûdûr
lang: Latin
word: profundus
lang: Low German
word: deep
lang: Malay
word: dalam
lang: Māori
word: hōhonu
lang: Mongolian
word: гүн
roman: gün
lang: Mongolian
word: гүнзгий
roman: günzgii
lang: Plautdietsch
word: deep (nds)
lang: Polish
word: głęboki
lang: Portuguese
word: profundo
lang: Romanian
word: profund
lang: Russian
word: глубо́кий
roman: glubókij
lang: Slovene
word: globok
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: dłymoki
lang: Spanish
word: profundo
lang: Spanish
word: fundo
lang: Spanish
word: jondo
lang: Swedish
word: djup
lang: Swedish
word: djupsinnig
lang: Tagalog
word: dep
lang: Telugu
word: లోతు
roman: lōtu
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: دریڭ
roman: deriñ
lang: Veps
word: süvä
lang: Vietnamese
word: sâu sắc
lang: Welsh
word: dwfn
lang: Yiddish
word: טיף
roman: tif