Deep meaning
An example of deep is a hole that goes miles underground.
An example of deep is a love between old friends.
An example of deep is a thought that is very difficult to express.
An example of deep is a part of the ocean that goes down more than 18,000 feet below the surface.
Deep love.
A deep cut, a deep lake, a deep drawer.
The deep of night.
Water eight feet deep.
The deep past.
A deep book.
A deep discussion.
A deep red.
Deep in thought.
Deep in debt.
A deep voice.
Deep cuts in the budget.
A team deep in pitching.
In the deep of night.
To dig deep.
- We hiked into a deep valley between tall mountains.
- In extent, in a direction away from the observer (but generally not upward).The shelves are 30 centimetres deep.
- In a number of rows or layers.A crowd three deep along the funeral procession.
- That cyclist's deep chest allows him to draw more air.There was a deep layer of soot over the window.
- To take a deep breath / sigh / drink.
- Deep into the forest; deep in the forest.
- That is a deep thought!.
- I just meant to help out a little, but now I'm deep into it.They're deep in discussion.
- Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure.A deep subject or plot.
- Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
Deep in debt; deep in the mud.
Creatures of the deep.
Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep.
An example of deep is digging far into the sea.
An example of deep is working late into the night or running far back into the opponent's zone to catch a football throw.
Snow four feet deep.
A deep voice.
Waist-deep in the water; ankle-deep in snow.
Deep cuts in the budget.
That team is not very deep.
Dig deep; feelings that run deep.
Worked deep into the night.
Played deep for the first three innings; ran deep into their opponents' territory.
In deep trouble.
Deep in the past.
A deep red.
- At bottom; basically:Deep down, she was still a rebel.
- In difficulty.
- to behave in a rash or reckless manner
- to go insane
- in trouble or difficulty
- the sea or ocean
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of deep
- Middle English dep from Old English dēop dheub- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English depe, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéwbus, from *dʰewb- (“deep”). Cognate with Scots depe (“deep”), Eastern Frisian djap (“deep”), West Frisian djip (“deep”), Low German deep (“deep”), Dutch diep (“deep”), German tief (“deep”), Danish dyb (“deep”), Norwegian dyp (“deep”), Swedish djup (“deep”), Icelandic djúpur (“deep”), Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), Albanian det (“sea”), Welsh dwfn (“deep”).
From Wiktionary