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
very distant in time or space
intense or extreme
relatively thick from top to bottom
extending relatively far inward
large in quantity or size
with head or back bent low
exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
"a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep"
"deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory"
"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"
"deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"
"in deep trouble"; "deep happiness"
"deep carpets"; "deep snow"
"a deep border"
"deep cuts in the budget"
"a deep bow"
"deep political machinations"; "a deep plot"
"the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
"a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"
"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"
"deep purple"; "a rich red"
"thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"
"penetrated deep into enemy territory"; "went deep into the woods"
"dived deeply"; "dug deep"
"deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening"