Definitions for deep

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IPA: /dip/

Deep is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in deep (deep).

Definitions for deep

noun

1. the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
2. a vast extent, as of space or time.
3. the part of greatest intensity, as of winter.
4. Nautical. any of the unmarked levels, one fathom apart, on a deep-sea lead line. Compare mark1 (def 20).
5. the deep, Chiefly Literary. the sea or ocean:

Idioms

1. go off the deep end, to enter upon a course of action with heedless or irresponsible indifference to consequences. to become emotionally overwrought.
2. in deep, inextricably involved. having made or committed oneself to make a large financial investment.
3. in deep water, in difficult or serious circumstances; in trouble. in a situation beyond the range of one's capability or skill:

adverb

1. to or at a considerable or specified depth:
2. far on in time:
3. profoundly; intensely.
4. Baseball. at or to a deep place or position:

adjective

1. extending far down from the top or surface:
2. extending far in or back from the front or from an edge, surface, opening, etc., considered as the front:
3. extending far in width; broad:
4. ranging far from the earth and sun:
5. having a specified dimension in depth:
6. covered or immersed to a specified depth (often used in combination):
7. having a specified width or number of items from front to back (often used in combination):
8. extending or cutting far down relative to the surface of a given object:
9. situated far down, in, or back:
10. reaching or advancing far down:
11. coming from far down:
12. made with the body bent or lowered to a considerable degree:
13. immersed or submerged in or heavily covered with (followed by in):
14. difficult to penetrate or understand; abstruse:
15. not superficial; profound:
16. grave or serious:
17. heartfelt; sincere:
18. absorbing; engrossing:
19. great in measure; intense; extreme:
20. sound and heavy; profound:
21. (of colors) dark and vivid:
22. low in pitch, as sound, a voice, or the like:
23. having penetrating intellectual powers:
24. profoundly cunning or artful:
25. mysterious; obscure:
26. immersed or involved; enveloped:
27. absorbed; engrossed:
28. Baseball. relatively far from home plate:
29. Linguistics. belonging to an early stage in the transformational derivation of a sentence; belonging to the deep structure.

Origin of deep

before 900; Middle English dep, Old English dēop; akin to Gothic diups, Old Norse djupr, Old High German tiof

Examples for deep

deep, situational, and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a POINT!

He stood in deep shadow and the girl had been too absorbed in the play to note his coming.

There was deep brown flesh, and bronze flesh, and pallid white flesh, and flesh turned red from the hot sun.

Pericles seated himself near them, with deep sadness on his brow.

As he drove me back to the logging road, Frank told me about the area in his deep voice.

Marriott, with its deep history in the Mormon faith, portrays itself as a deeply ethical institution.

Eudora took it with a deep blush, saying, "Aspasia gave it to me."

During the whole of the ensuing day, Paralus continued in a deep sleep.

The state was in a deep recession as Duke galvanized a racial backlash.

Percival had walked the floor in deep attention to the old man's words.