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[ UK /dˈiːp/ ]
[ UK /dˈiːp/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
of an obscure nature
in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life
the inscrutable workings of Providence
rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
a deep dark secret
the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms -
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
a deep breath
deep concentration
a deep sigh
deep emotion
a deep trance
in a deep sleep -
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
a deep voice
a bass clarinet
a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice -
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
a deep metaphysical theory
the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them
some recondite problem in historiography -
very distant in time or space
a deep space probe
deep in enemy territory
deep in the woods
deep in the past -
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
deep water
a deep dive
a deep gash
deep shelves
deep pressure receptors in muscles
hit the ball to deep center field
waist-deep
deep massage
in deep space
a deep well
a deep closet
a deep casserole
surrounded by a deep yard -
large in quantity or size
deep cuts in the budget -
(of darkness) densely dark
deep night
thick night
a face in deep shadow
thick darkness -
with head or back bent low
a deep bow -
extending relatively far inward
a deep border -
strong; intense
a rich red
deep purple -
exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
deep political machinations
a deep plot
deep political machinations -
intense or extreme
deep happiness
in deep trouble -
relatively thick from top to bottom
deep snow
deep carpets -
marked by depth of thinking
a deep allegory
deep thoughts
ADVERB
-
to a great depth; far down or in
dived deeply
dug deep -
to an advanced time
deep into the night
talked late into the evening -
to a great distance
penetrated deep into enemy territory
went deep into the woods
NOUN
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
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the central and most intense or profound part
in the deep of winter
in the deep of night -
literary term for an ocean
denizens of the deep
denizens of the deep
How To Use deep In A Sentence
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- I walked out of the theatre feeling a little odd, as I often do when I have been deeply immersed in a film.
- The beak is smoth, black, convex and cultrated; one and 1/8 inches from the point to the opening of the chaps and 3/4 only uncovered with feathers; the upper chap exceeds the other a little in length. a few small black hairs garnish the sides of the base of the upper chap. the eye is of a uniform deep sea green or black, moderately large. it's legs feet and tallons are white; the legs are an inch and a 1/4 in length and smoth; four toes on each foot, of which that in front is the same length with the leg including the length of the tallon, which is 4 lines; the three remaining toes are The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
- The lymphatic vessels of the tongue may be divided into four groups: (1) apical, from the tip of the tongue to the suprahyoid glands and principal gland of the tongue; (2) lateral, from the margin of the tonguesome of these pierce the Mylohyoideus to end in the submaxillary glands, others pass down on the Hyoglossus to the superior deep cervical glands; (3) basal, from the region of the vallate papillæ to the superior deep cervical glands; and (4) median, a few of which perforate the Mylohyoideus to reach the submaxillary glands, while the majority turn around the posterior border of the muscle to enter the superior deep cervical glands. VIII. The Lymphatic System. 3. The Lymphatics of the Head, Face, and Neck
- Deep navy, in contrast, is less demanding, and leaves a bit more colour in a blonde's cheeks.
- A couple of phone calls, arranged by a deep-sea diver I came to know while working on a story on the Miskito Coast of Nicaragua, led me to an alternately boastful and paranoidly surreptitious man named Steve. The Lampshade
- It was then allowed to recover on the stringer in deeper water before being returned alive to grow on to even larger proportions.
- This has a deep ruby colour and complex range of flavours. Thorsons Organic Wine Guide
- The feeling of betrayal goes far deeper. Times, Sunday Times
- The results were disastrous, plunging the country into deep depression, with high unemployment, sharply falling living standards and serious political unrest.
