deep

Noun

• literary term for an ocean
  • denizens of the deep
    

• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

• the central and most intense or profound part
  • in the deep of night
    
  • in the deep of winter
    

Adjective

• exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
  • deep political machinations
    
  • a deep plot
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• with head or back bent low
  • a deep bow
    

• large in quantity or size
  • deep cuts in the budget
    

• (of darkness) very intense
  • thick night
    
  • thick darkness
    
  • a face in deep shadow
    
  • deep night
    

• extending relatively far inward
  • a deep border
    

• relatively thick from top to bottom
  • deep carpets
    
  • deep snow
    

• strong; intense
  • deep purple
    
  • a rich red
    

• having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
  • a deep voice
    
  • a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice
    
  • a bass clarinet
    

• extreme
  • in deep trouble
    
  • deep happiness
    

• very distant in time or space
  • deep in the past
    
  • deep in enemy territory
    
  • deep in the woods
    
  • a deep space probe
    

• 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
    

• marked by depth of thinking
  • deep thoughts
    
  • a deep allegory
    

• relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
  • a deep breath
    
  • a deep sigh
    
  • deep concentration
    
  • deep emotion
    
  • a deep trance
    
  • in a deep sleep
    

Adverb

• to a great distance
  • penetrated deep into enemy territory
    
  • went deep into the woods
    

• to an advanced time
  • deep into the night
    
  • talked late into the evening
    

• to a great depth; far down
  • dived deeply
    
  • dug deep
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  trench , oceanic abyss , abstruse , recondite , cryptic , cryptical , inscrutable , mysterious , mystifying , thick , rich , bass , late , deeply