Dictionary definition · deep
noun
- the central and most intense or profound part"in the deep of night"
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- literary term for an ocean"denizens of the deep"
adjective
- relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply"a deep breath"
- marked by depth of thinking"deep thoughts"
- 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"
- very distant in time or space"deep in the past"
- intense or extreme"in deep trouble"
- having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range"a deep voice"
adverb
- to a great depth; far down or in"dived deeply"
- to an advanced time"deep into the night"
- to a great distance"penetrated deep into enemy territory"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).