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adjective
Deep  adj.  (compar. deeper; superl. deepest)  
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. "The water where the brook is deep."
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. "Shadowing squadrons deep." "Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook."
3.
Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.
4.
Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot. "Speculations high or deep." "A question deep almost as the mystery of life." "O Lord,... thy thoughts are very deep."
5.
Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. "Deep clerks she dumbs."
6.
Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. "Deep despair." "Deep silence." "Deep sleep." "Deeper darkness." "Their deep poverty." "An attitude of deep respect."
7.
Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.
8.
Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. "The deep thunder." "The bass of heaven's deep organ."
9.
Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads. "The ways in that vale were very deep."
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.



adverb
Deep  adv.  To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply. "Deep-versed in books, and shallow in himself." "Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring." 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."



noun
Deep  n.  
1.
That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth. "Courage from the deeps of knowledge springs." "The hollow deep of hell resounded." "Blue Neptune storms, the bellowing deeps resound."
2.
That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss. "Thy judgments are a great deep."
Deep of night, the most quiet or profound part of night; dead of night. "The deep of night is crept upon our talk."






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"Deep" Quotes from Famous Books



... and its little sister isle of Principe, lie right on the Equator in the Gulf of Guinea, about two hundred miles from the African mainland. A warm, lazy sea, the sea of the doldrums, sapphire or turquoise, or, in deep shaded pools, a radiant green, joyfully foams itself away against these fairy lands of tossing palm, dense vegetation, rushing cascades, and purple, precipitous peaks. A soil of volcanic origin is covered ...
— Cocoa and Chocolate - Their History from Plantation to Consumer • Arthur W. Knapp

... their weight in gold, from good men and true, writers and critics, who thank me for a book which fulfils its aim and artistic purpose, while on the other hand there are some from people who find fault with my book for not doing what I never even attempted to do. Here is one that has given me deep and unmitigated pain; it is from an old friend, who, I am told, is aggrieved because he thinks that I have put him into my book, in the form of an unpleasant character. The worst of it is that there ...
— The Altar Fire • Arthur Christopher Benson

... point they tried a ruse which is no longer new. As they came up in a solid line two deep they shouted out: "Don't fire; we are ...
— The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 • Various

... called by some critics the finest work of this master. The lady was the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, a lovely woman, and some suppose that she was very dear to Leonardo. He worked upon it for four years, and still thought it unfinished: the face has a deep, thoughtful expression—the eyelids are a little weary, perhaps, and through it all there is a suggestion of something not quite understood—a mystery: the hands are graceful and of perfect form, and the rocky background gives an unusual fascination ...
— A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture - Painting • Clara Erskine Clement

... wrestlin', dog-fightin', rabbit-runnin', and drinkin', till at last, as if 'twere a hepitaph on a gravestone, they damned him across th' moors wi', "an' then he went and 'listed for a soldier," an' they'd all fetch a deep breath, and throw up their ...
— Life's Handicap • Rudyard Kipling


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