English Explanatory Dictionary

deep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
  2. Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
  3. Positioned far from the surface or other reference point, especially down through something or into something.
  4. Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction, especially front-to-back.
  5. Extending to a level or length equivalent to the stated thing.
  6. In a (specified) number of rows or layers.
  7. Voluminous.
  8. Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.
  9. Penetrating a long way, especially a long way forward.
  10. Positioned back, or downfield, towards one's own goal, or towards or behind one's baseline or similar reference point.
  11. Further into the body.
  12. Complex, involved.
adv
  1. Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.
  2. In a profound, not superficial, manner.
  3. In large volume.
  4. Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.
noun
  1. The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
  2. The sea, the ocean.
  3. A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.
  4. A deep or innermost part of something in general.
  5. A silent time; quiet isolation.
  6. A deep shade of colour.
  7. The profound part of a problem.
  8. A fielding position near the boundary.
verb
  1. To overthink; to treat as being deeper (“more profound, significant”) than in reality.
  2. To think about, especially deeply (“profoundly”); to consider.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

dēp /diːp/ en-us-deep.ogg en-au-deep.ogg

Word forms

deep deeper more deep deepest most deep deepe deeps deeping deeped

Etymology

From Middle English dep, deep, depe, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-nós, from *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognates Cognate with Scots depe (“deep”), North Frisian diip, jip (“deep”), Saterland Frisian djoop (“deep”), West Frisian djip (“deep”), Alemannic German tüüf (“deep”), Central Franconian deef, deep (“deep”), Dutch diep (“deep”), German tief (“deep”), Luxembourgish déif (“deep”), Mòcheno tiaf (“deep”), Vilamovian tif, tīf, tiif (“deep”), Yiddish טיף (tif, “deep”), Danish dyb (“deep”), Faroese, Icelandic djúpur (“deep”), Norwegian Bokmål djup, dyp (“deep”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish djup (“deep”), Scanian djyber (“deep”), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐍃 (diups, “deep”), Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), Albanian det (“sea”), Welsh dwfn (“deep”).

Synonyms

deep thick great large voluminous heavy meaningful profound low low-pitched bright rich vivid fast

Antonyms

shallow frivolous light superficial thin small high high-pitched piping pale desaturated washed-out tall

Related words

high tall thick wide deeps deep-seated deep six fundus in deep shit out of one's depth subaqueous subterranean infinite beauty is only skin deep deap sea deep background deep blue sea deep copy deep down deep drawing deep end deep fat deep freezer deep in the money deep in thought deep kiss deep link deep out of the money deep pockets Deep South deep space deep structure deep supporting fire deep thinker Deep Thought Deep Throat deep vein thrombosis DVT Deep Web deep well in too deep still waters run deep

Derived words

ace of the deep a mile wide and an inch deep ankle-deep balls deep balls-deep between the devil and the deep blue sea bone-deep deep abscess deep adaptation deep and meaningful deep auricular artery deep background deep blue deep brain stimulation deep breathing deep-breathing deep-browed deep cervical artery deep clean deep cleaner deep cleaning deep color deep colour deep copy deep-copy deep cover Deep Creek deep cut Deepcut deep-dish deep dish deep-dish pizza deep dive deep-dive deep diver deep diving deep down deep draft deep-draw deepdraw deep-drawing deep drawing deep-dye deep-dyed deep dyspareunia deep ecologist deep ecology Deep Ellum deep embedding deepen deep end Deep England deepfake deep-fat-fried deep fat fry deep-fat-fry deep-fat fryer deep-felt deepfelt deep femoral artery

Translations

Armenian: խոր Bashkir: тәрән Bulgarian: дълбо́к Catalan: profund Chinese Mandarin: 深奧 /深奥 Danish: dyb Danish: dybsindig Danish: dybttænkende Dutch: diepgaand Faroese: djúpur Finnish: syvällinen French: profond Galician: profundo Galician: fondo German: tief German: tiefgründig Hebrew: עמק Hebrew: עמוק Hungarian: mély Ido: profunda Irish: domhain Italian: profondo Japanese: 深い Japanese: 深遠 Northern Kurdish: dûrûdirêj Northern Kurdish: kûrûdûr Latin: profundus Low German: deep Malay: dalam Māori: hōhonu Mongolian: гүн Mongolian: гүнзгий Plautdietsch: deep (nds) Polish: głęboki Portuguese: profundo Romanian: profund Russian: глубо́кий Slovene: globok Lower Sorbian: dłymoki Spanish: profundo Spanish: fundo Spanish: jondo Swedish: djup Swedish: djupsinnig Tagalog: dep Telugu: లోతు Ottoman Turkish: دریڭ Veps: süvä Vietnamese: sâu sắc Welsh: dwfn Yiddish: טיף
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