deep
/diːp/
noun
- 1
(with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
“creatures of the deep”
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(with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.
“the deep of night”
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A deep shade of colour.
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The profound part of a problem.
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(with "the") The sea, the ocean.
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A fielding position near the boundary.
“Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep.”
adjective
- 1
(of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
- 2
(intellectual, social) Complex, involved.
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(sound, voice) Low in pitch.
“She has a very deep contralto voice.”
- 4
(of a color) Highly saturated.
“That's a very deep shade of blue.”
- 5
(sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
“He was in a deep sleep.”
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Immersed, submerged (in).
“deep in debt”
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Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
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(of time) Distant in the past, ancient.
“deep time”
adverb
- 1
Deeply.
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