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Webster 1913 Edition
Deep
Deep
(dēp)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Deeper
(dēp′ẽr)
; sup
erl.
Deepest
(dēp′ĕst)
.] 1.
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
seaThe water where the brook is
deep
. Shakespeare
2.
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
.Shadowing squadrons
deep
. Milton.
Safely in harbor
Is the king’s ship in the
Is the king’s ship in the
deep
nook. Shakespeare
3.
Low in situation; lying far below the general surface;
as, a
. deep
valley4.
Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; – opposed to
shallow
or superficial
; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a
. deep
subject or plotSpeculations high or
deep
. Milton.
A question
deep
almost as the mystery of life. De Quincey.
O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very
deep
. Ps. xcii. 5.
5.
Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
Deep
clerks she dumbs. Shakespeare
6.
Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt;
“as,
deep
distress; deep
melancholy; deep
horror. Deep
despair.” Milton.
“Deep
silence.” Milton.
“Deep
sleep.” Gen. ii. 21.
“Deeper
darkness.” Hoole.
“Their deep
poverty.” 2 Cor. viii. 2.
An attitude of
deep
respect. Motley.
7.
Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin;
as,
. deep
blue or crimson8.
Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy.
“The deep thunder.” Byron.
The bass of heaven's
deep
organ. Milton.
9.
Muddy; boggy; sandy; – said of roads.
Chaucer.
The ways in that vale were very
deep
. Clarendon.
A deep line of operations
(Military)
, a long line.
– Deep mourning
(Costume)
, mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments.
Deep
,adv.
To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.
Deep
-versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton.
Drink
deep
, or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope.
☞ Deep, in its usual adverbial senses, is often prefixed to an adjective; as,
deep
-chested, deep
-cut, deep
-seated, deep
-toned, deep
-voiced, “deep
-uddered kine.” Deep
,Noun.
1.
That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth.
Courage from the
deeps
of knowledge springs. Cowley.
The hollow
deep
of hell resounded. Milton.
Blue Neptune storms, the bellowing
deeps
resound. Pope.
2.
That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss.
Thy judgments are a great
deep
. Ps. xxxvi. 6.
Deep of night
, the most quiet or profound part of night; dead of night.
The
deep of night
is crept upon our talk. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Deep
DEEP
, a.1.
Extending or being far below the surface; descending far downward; profound ; opposed to shallow; as deep water; a deep pit or well.2.
Low in situation; being or descending far below the adjacent land; as a deep valley.3.
Entering far; piercing a great way. A tree in a good soil takes deep root. A spear struck deep into the flesh.4.
Far from the outer part; secreted.A spider deep ambushed in her den.
5.
Not superficial or obvious; hidden; secret.He discovereth deep things out of darkness. Job xii.
6.
Remote from comprehension.O Lord, thy thoughts are very deep. Ps. Xcii.
7.
Sagacious; penetrating; having the power to enter far into a subject; as a man of deep thought; a deep divine.8.
Artful; contriving; concealing artifice; insidious; designing; as a friend, deep, hollow treacherous.9.
Grave in sound; low; as the deep tones of an organ.10.
Very still; solemn; profound; as deep silence.11.
Thick; black; not to be penetrated by the sight.Now deeper darkness brooded on the ground.
12.
Still; sound; not easily broken or disturbed.The Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam. Gen ii.
13.
Depressed; sunk low, metaphorically; as deep poverty.14.
Dark; intense; strongly colored; as a deep brown; a deep crimson; a deep blue.15.
Unknown; unintelligible.A people of deeper speech than thou canst perceive. Is. xxxiii.
16.
Heart-felt; penetrating; affecting; as a deep sense of guilt.17.
Intricate; not easily understood or unraveled; as a deep plot or intrigue.This word often qualifies a verb, like an adverb.
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
DEEP
,Noun.
1.
The sea; the abyss of waters; the ocean.He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. Job x1i.
2.
A lake; a great collection of water.Lanch out into the deep, and let down your nets. Luke v.
3.
That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible.Thy judgments are a great deep. Ps. xxxvi.
4.
The most still or solemn part; the midst; as, in deep of night.