Definitions of deep:

  • noun:   literary term for an ocean
    Example: "Denizens of the deep"
  • noun:   the central and most intense or profound part
    Example: "In the deep of night"
  • noun:   a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
  • adjective:   with head or back bent low
    Example: "A deep bow"
  • adjective:   large in quantity or size
    Example: "Deep cuts in the budget"
  • adjective:   extreme
    Example: "In deep trouble"
  • adjective:   marked by depth of thinking
    Example: "Deep thoughts"
  • adjective:   relatively thick from top to bottom
    Example: "Deep carpets"
  • adjective:   extending relatively far inward
    Example: "A deep border"
  • adjective:   exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
    Example: "Deep political machinations"
  • adjective:   strong; intense
    Example: "Deep purple"
  • adjective:   very distant in time or space
    Example: "Deep in the past"
  • adjective:   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
    Example: "A deep well"
  • adjective:   relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
    Example: "A deep breath"
  • adjective:   having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
    Example: "A deep voice"
  • adjective:   (of darkness) very intense
    Example: "A face in deep shadow"
  • adjective:   difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
    Example: "A deep metaphysical theory"
  • adjective:   of an obscure nature
    Example: "A deep dark secret"
  • adverb:   to far into space
    Example: "Penetrated deep into enemy territory"
  • adverb:   to an advanced time
    Example: "Deep into the night"
  • adverb:   to a great depth
    Example: "Dived deeply"
  • name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #29119)