deep

deep is a 4-letter English word with 33 senses as adverb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 33 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. 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.
2. superlative. 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.
3. superlative. Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.
4. superlative. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot.
5. superlative. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
6. superlative. Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror.
7. superlative. Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.
8. superlative. Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy.
9. superlative. Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads.
10. adverb. To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.
11. noun. That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth.
12. noun. That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss.
13. noun. literary term for an ocean

    "denizens of the deep"

14. noun. a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

    Synonyms: trench

15. noun. the central and most intense or profound part

    "in the deep of night"

    "in the deep of winter"

16. adjective. exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy

    "deep political machinations"

    "a deep plot"

17. adjective. strong; intense

    "deep purple"

    "a rich red"

    Synonyms: rich

18. adjective. very distant in time or space

    "deep in the past"

    "deep in enemy territory"

19. adjective. 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

    "a deep well"

    "a deep dive"

20. adjective. relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

    "a deep breath"

    "a deep sigh"

21. adjective. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

    "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"

    "a deep metaphysical theory"

    Synonyms: abstruse, recondite

22. adjective. of an obscure nature- Rachel Carson

    "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"

    "a deep dark secret"

    Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying

23. adjective. with head or back bent low

    "a deep bow"

24. adjective. having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

    "a deep voice"

    "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"

    Synonyms: bass

25. adjective. large in quantity or size

    "deep cuts in the budget"

26. adjective. extreme

    "in deep trouble"

    "deep happiness"

27. adjective. (of darkness) very intense

    "thick night"

    "thick darkness"

    Synonyms: thick

28. adjective. marked by depth of thinking

    "deep thoughts"

    "a deep allegory"

29. adjective. relatively thick from top to bottom

    "deep carpets"

    "deep snow"

30. adjective. extending relatively far inward

    "a deep border"

31. adverb. to a great depth;far down

    "dived deeply"

    "dug deep"

    Synonyms: deeply

32. adverb. to a great distance

    "penetrated deep into enemy territory"

    "went deep into the woods"

33. adverb. to an advanced time

    "deep into the night"

    "talked late into the evening"

    Synonyms: late

Synonyms

trench, rich, abstruse, recondite, cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying, bass, thick, deeply, late

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in deep:

depe, peed

Common word forms

deeps, deepen, deeper, deeply, deepest, deeping, deepness

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