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Words with a similar base: deep, deeply

'deep'

[deep.n.01] as in: the central and most intense or profound part

Examples:
in the deep of night
in the deep of winter

'deep'

[trench.n.02] as in: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

'deep'

[deep.n.03] as in: literary term for an ocean

Examples:
denizens of the deep

'deep'

[deep.a.01] as in: relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

Examples:
a deep breath
a deep sigh
deep concentration
deep emotion
a deep trance
in a deep sleep

'deep'

[deep.s.01] as in: marked by depth of thinking

Examples:
deep thoughts
a deep allegory

'deep'

[deep.a.03] as in: 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

Examples:
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'

[deep.s.02] as in: very distant in time or space

Examples:
deep in the past
deep in enemy territory
deep in the woods
a deep space probe

'deep'

[deep.s.03] as in: extreme

Examples:
in deep trouble
deep happiness

'deep'

[bass.s.01] as in: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

Examples:
a deep voice
a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice
a bass clarinet

'deep'

[deep.s.05] as in: strong; intense

Examples:
deep purple
a rich red

'deep'

[deep.s.06] as in: relatively thick from top to bottom

Examples:
deep carpets
deep snow

'deep'

[deep.s.07] as in: extending relatively far inward

Examples:
a deep border

'deep'

[thick.s.05] as in: (of darkness) very intense

Examples:
thick night
thick darkness
a face in deep shadow
deep night

'deep'

[deep.s.09] as in: large in quantity or size

Examples:
deep cuts in the budget

'deep'

[deep.s.10] as in: with head or back bent low

Examples:
a deep bow

'deep'

[cryptic.s.01] as in: of an obscure nature; ; ; ; - Rachel Carson

Examples:
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
rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands

'deep'

[abstruse.s.01] as in: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

Examples:
the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them
a deep metaphysical theory
some recondite problem in historiography

'deep'

[deep.s.13] as in: exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy

Examples:
deep political machinations
a deep plot

'deep'

[deeply.r.02] as in: to a great depth;far down

Examples:
dived deeply
dug deep

'deep'

[deep.r.02] as in: to an advanced time

Examples:
deep into the night
talked late into the evening

'deep'

[deep.r.03] as in: to a great distance

Examples:
penetrated deep into enemy territory
went deep into the woods

Origins

					deep (English)
└── depe (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── deop (Old English (ca. 450-1100))