deep

relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep"

having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep"

marked by depth of thinking; "deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory"

very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"

extreme; "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness"

having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"

strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red"

relatively thick from top to bottom; "deep carpets"; "deep snow"

extending relatively far inward; "a deep border"

(of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"

large in quantity or size; "deep cuts in the budget"

with head or back bent low; "a deep bow"

of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"

difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor''s lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"

exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy; "deep political machinations"; "a deep plot"

to a great depth;far down; "dived deeply"; "dug deep"

to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening"

to a great distance; "penetrated deep into enemy territory"; "went deep into the woods"

the central and most intense or profound part; "in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter"

a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

literary term for an ocean; "denizens of the deep"