English Dictionary: deep | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deep \Deep\, adv. To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply. Deep-versed in books, and shallow in himself. --Milton. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. --Pope. Note: Deep, in its usual adverbial senses, is often prefixed to an adjective; as, deep-chested, deep-cut, deep-seated, deep-toned, deep-voiced, [bd]deep-uddered kine.[b8] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deep \Deep\, n. 1. That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth. Courage from the deeps of knowledge springs. --Cowley. The hollow deep of hell resounded. --Milton. Blue Neptune storms, the bellowing deeps resound. --Pope. 2. That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss. Thy judgments are a great deep. --Ps. xxxvi. 6. {Deep of night}, the most quiet or profound part of night; dead of night. The deep of night is crept upon our talk. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deep \Deep\ (d[emac]p), a. [Compar. {Deeper}; superl. {Deepest}.] [OE. dep, deop, AS. de[a2]p; akin to D. diep, G. tief, Icel. dj[d4]pr, Sw. diup, Dan. dyb, Goth. diups; fr. the root of E. dip, dive. See {Dip}, {Dive}.] 1. Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea. The water where the brook is deep. --Shak. 2. Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. Shadowing squadrons deep. --Milton. Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. --Shak. 3. Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley. 4. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot. Speculations high or deep. --Milton. A question deep almost as the mystery of life. --De Quincey. O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very deep. --Ps. xcii. 5. 5. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. Deep clerks she dumbs. --Shak. 6. Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. [bd]Deep despair.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Deep silence.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Deep sleep.[b8] --Gen. ii. 21. [bd]Deeper darkness.[b8] -->Hoole. [bd]Their deep poverty.[b8] --2 Cor. viii. 2. An attitude of deep respect. --Motley. 7. Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson. 8. Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. [bd]The deep thunder.[b8] --Byron. The bass of heaven's deep organ. --Milton. 9. Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. --Chaucer. The ways in that vale were very deep. --Clarendon. {A deep line of operations} (Military), a long line. {Deep mourning} (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Deep used to denote (1) the grave or the abyss (Rom. 10:7; Luke 8:31); (2) the deepest part of the sea (Ps. 69:15); (3) the chaos mentioned in Gen. 1:2; (4) the bottomless pit, hell (Rev. 9:1, 2; 11:7; 20:13). |