deep (English) - Vocabulary & GRE App

Direct Cross-Language Association: “deep” in German

This word also exists in German! Meaning: “(slang) deep (intellectually profound)”

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deep

EN • English

//diːp//

Direct German Translations & Equivalents:

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[DE]tief [DE]Tiefe

Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections

Key Verb Forms & Inflections

Third-person singular (he/she/it):deeps

Present Participle (-ing):deeping

Past Participle:deeped

Simple Past:deeped

Definitions & Usage

adjective

(of distance or position; also figurative) Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

Synonyms:

heavy meaningful profound thick great large voluminous low

adjective

(intellectual, social) Complex, involved.

Synonyms:

heavy meaningful profound thick great large voluminous low

adjective

(sound, voice) Low in pitch.

Example: “She has a very deep contralto voice.”

Synonyms:

heavy meaningful profound thick great large voluminous low

adjective

(of a color or flavour) Highly saturated; rich.

Example: “That's a very deep shade of blue.”

Example: “The spices impart a deep flavour to the dish.”

Synonyms:

heavy meaningful profound thick great large voluminous low

adjective

(sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).

Example: “He was in a deep sleep.”

Synonyms:

heavy meaningful profound thick great large voluminous low

adjective

Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.

Synonyms:

heavy meaningful profound thick great large voluminous low

adjective

(of time) Distant in the past, ancient.

Example: “deep time”

Example: “in the deep past”

Synonyms:

heavy meaningful profound thick great large voluminous low

adverb

Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.

Example: “The ogre lived in a cave deep underground.”

Example: “We ventured deep into the forest.”

adverb

(also deeply) In a profound, not superficial, manner.

Example: “I thought long and deep.”

Example: “deep-laid”

Translations:[DE]tief

adverb

#10

(also deeply) In large volume.

Example: “breathe deep, drink deep”

Translations:[DE]tief

adverb

#11

(sports) Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.

Example: “He's normally a midfield player, but today he's playing deep.”

noun

#12

(literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.

Example: “creatures of the deep”

noun

#13

(with "the") The sea, the ocean.

Translations:[DE]Tiefe

noun

#14

A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.

noun

#15

A deep or innermost part of something in general.

noun

#16

(literary, with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.

Example: “the deep of night”

noun

#17

(rare) A deep shade of colour.

noun

#18

(US, rare) The profound part of a problem.

noun

#19

(cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.

Example: “Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep.”

Translations:

verb

#20

(slang, MLE, transitive) To overthink; to treat as being deeper (“more profound, significant”) than in reality.

Example: “― Ugh, why are these road markings so awfully arranged? ― Quit deeping it bro, just drive, innit.”

verb

#21

(slang, MLE, transitive) To think about, especially deeply (“profoundly”); to consider.

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

“The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.”

— 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

“The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].”

— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

“The ways in that vale were very deep.”

— 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater: