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English Dictionary: profound	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for profound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
profound adj showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret" Antonym(s): superficial of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock" far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes" Synonym(s): fundamental, profound coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh" (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" Synonym(s): heavy, profound, sound, wakeless situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed; "the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns" Synonym(s): profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Profound \Profound"\, a. [F. profond, L. profundus; pro before, forward + fundus the bottom. See {Found} to establish, {Bottom} lowest part.] 1. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep. [bd]A gulf profound.[b8] --Milton. 2. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound* investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom. 3. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep. [bd]Profound sciatica.[b8] --Shak. Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt. --Milman. 4. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow. What humble gestures! What profound reverence! --Duppa.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Profound \Profound"\, n. 1. The deep; the sea; the ocean. God in the fathomless profound* Hath all this choice commanders drowned. --Sandys. 2. An abyss. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Profound \Pro*found"\, v. t. To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Profound \Pro*found"\, v. i. To dive deeply; to penetrate. [Obs.]