Definitions for depths

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IPA: /dɛpθ/

Depths is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in depths (dehpst).

Definitions for depths

noun

1. a dimension taken through an object or body of material, usually downward from an upper surface, horizontally inward from an outer surface, or from top to bottom of something regarded as one of several layers.
2. the quality of being deep; deepness.
3. complexity or obscurity, as of a subject:
4. gravity; seriousness.
5. emotional profundity:
6. intensity, as of silence, color, etc.
7. lowness of tonal pitch:
8. the amount of knowledge, intelligence, wisdom, insight, feeling, etc., present in a person's mind or evident either in some product of the mind, as a learned paper, argument, work of art, etc., or in the person's behavior.
9. a high degree of such knowledge, insight, etc.
10. Often, depths. a deep part or place:
11. an unfathomable space; abyss:
12. Sometimes, depths. the farthest, innermost, or extreme part or state:
13. Usually, depths. a low intellectual or moral condition:
14. the part of greatest intensity, as of night or winter.
15. Sports. the strength of a team in terms of the number and quality of its substitute players:

Idioms

1. in depth, extensively or thoroughly:
2. out of / beyond one's depth, in water deeper than one's height or too deep for one's safety. beyond one's knowledge or capability:

Origin of depths

1350-1400; Middle English depthe, equivalent to dep (Old English dēop deep) + -the -th¹

Examples for depths

She said it, as if guided by an instinct, to sound the depth of his love for her.

The depth of immersion is regulated by fixing the crank-pin.

My trip takes the reverse path, and I begin by assessing the depth of my Shakespeare knowledge in his birthplace.

Dick spoke at once, with a hesitancy that betrayed the depth of his emotion.

Zoe Saldana has also recently praised sci-fi movies for the depth and breadth of women in its ensembles.

So for me, it was just about showing the level of depth and capacity for that kind of violence.

You who knew her will realize the depth and extent of my bereavement.

George was in his element at those times, and the depth of his knowledge amazed me.

There could be no doubt concerning the depth of the lad's love for the girl.

The depth of rage, animus and violence that was directed at him—“Spittle flying, the N word flying”—continues to astound him.