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'

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

[ Syn: trench , oceanic abyss ]

literary term for an ocean; denizens of the deep'

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

[ Syn: deeply , deeply , deeply , deeply , deeply , deeply , deeply , deeply ]

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

[ Syn: late , late , late , late , late , late , late , late ]

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

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

[ Syn: thick ]

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

[ Syn: cryptic , cryptical , inscrutable , mysterious , mystifying ]

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

[ Syn: abstruse , recondite ]

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

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

[ Syn: bass ]

strong; intense; deep purple; a rich red

[ Syn: rich ]

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

extending relatively far inward; a deep border'