deep

deep
    adv 1: to a great depth;far down; "dived deeply"; "dug deep"
           [syn: {deeply}, {deep}]
    2: to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into
       the evening" [syn: {deep}, {late}]
    3: to a great distance; "penetrated deep into enemy territory";
       "went deep into the woods"
    adj 1: relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; "a deep
           breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep
           emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep" [ant:
           {shallow}]
    2: marked by depth of thinking; "deep thoughts"; "a deep
       allegory"
    3: having great spatial extension or penetration downward or
       inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or
       outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep
       well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a
       deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in
       muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a
       deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep
       space"; "waist-deep" [ant: {shallow}]
    4: very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in
       enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"
    5: extreme; "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness"
    6: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep
       voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a
       bass clarinet" [syn: {bass}, {deep}]
    7: strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red" [syn: {deep},
       {rich}]
    8: relatively thick from top to bottom; "deep carpets"; "deep
       snow"
    9: extending relatively far inward; "a deep border"
    10: (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness";
        "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" [syn: {thick}, {deep}]
    11: large in quantity or size; "deep cuts in the budget"
    12: with head or back bent low; "a deep bow"
    13: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written
        without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret";
        "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious
        past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel
        Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other
        lands" [syn: {cryptic}, {cryptical}, {deep}, {inscrutable},
        {mysterious}, {mystifying}]
    14: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary
        understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were
        so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep
        metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in
        historiography" [syn: {abstruse}, {deep}, {recondite}]
    15: exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy; "deep
        political machinations"; "a deep plot"
    n 1: the central and most intense or profound part; "in the deep
         of night"; "in the deep of winter"
    2: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor [syn:
       {trench}, {deep}, {oceanic abyss}]
    3: literary term for an ocean; "denizens of the deep"
    

Deep \Deep\, adv.
   To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.
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         Deep-versed in books, and shallow in himself. --Milton.
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         Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. --Pope.
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   Note: Deep, in its usual adverbial senses, is often prefixed
         to an adjective; as, deep-chested, deep-cut,
         deep-seated, deep-toned, deep-voiced, "deep-uddered
         kine."
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Deep \Deep\ (d[=e]p), a. [Compar. {Deeper} (d[=e]p"[~e]r);
   superl. {Deepest} (d[=e]p"[e^]st).] [OE. dep, deop, AS.
   de['o]p; akin to D. diep, G. tief, Icel. dj[=u]pr, Sw. diup,
   Dan. dyb, Goth. diups; fr. the root of E. dip, dive. See
   {Dip}, {Dive}.]
   1. Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular
      dimension (measured from the surface downward, and
      distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to
      the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea.
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            The water where the brook is deep.    --Shak.
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   2. Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great
      horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or
      nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or
      wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six
      files deep.
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            Shadowing squadrons deep.             --Milton.
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            Safely in harbor
            Is the king's ship in the deep nook.  --Shak.
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   3. Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as,
      a deep valley.
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   4. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to
      {shallow} or {superficial}; intricate; mysterious; not
      obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot.
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            Speculations high or deep.            --Milton.
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            A question deep almost as the mystery of life. --De
                                                  Quincey.
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            O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very deep. --Ps.
                                                  xcii. 5.
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   5. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial;
      thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
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            Deep clerks she dumbs.                --Shak.
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   6. Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy;
      heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep
      horror. "Deep despair." --Milton. "Deep silence."
      --Milton. "Deep sleep." --Gen. ii. 21. "Deeper darkness."
      --Hoole. "Their deep poverty." --2 Cor. viii. 2.
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            An attitude of deep respect.          --Motley.
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   7. Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as,
      deep blue or crimson.
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   8. Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy.
      "The deep thunder." --Byron.
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            The bass of heaven's deep organ.      --Milton.
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   9. Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. --Chaucer.
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            The ways in that vale were very deep. --Clarendon.
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   {A deep line of operations} (Military), a long line.

   {Deep mourning} (Costume), mourning complete and strongly
      marked, the garments being not only all black, but also
      composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is
      identified with mourning garments.
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Deep \Deep\, n.
   1. That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or
      ocean; an abyss; a great depth.
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            Courage from the deeps of knowledge springs.
                                                  --Cowley.
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            The hollow deep of hell resounded.    --Milton.
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            Blue Neptune storms, the bellowing deeps resound.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or
      incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss.
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            Thy judgments are a great deep.       --Ps. xxxvi.
                                                  6.
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   {Deep of night}, the most quiet or profound part of night;
      dead of night.
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            The deep of night is crept upon our talk. --Shak.
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Deep
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).
    

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      weighty, well, wide, widespread, wily, wise, wise as Solomon,
      wrapped, wrapped up, yawning, yawning abyss