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deep

/diːp/
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noun

  • (with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.

    "creatures of the deep"

  • (with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.

    "the deep of night"

  • A deep shade of colour.
  • The profound part of a problem.
  • (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
  • A fielding position near the boundary.

    "Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep."

adjective

  • (of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
  • (intellectual, social) Complex, involved.
  • (sound, voice) Low in pitch.

    "She has a very deep contralto voice."

  • (of a color) Highly saturated.

    "That's a very deep shade of blue."

  • (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).

    "He was in a deep sleep."

  • Immersed, submerged (in).

    "deep in debt"

  • Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
  • (of time) Distant in the past, ancient.

    "deep time"

adverb

  • Deeply.

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