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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 12

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. Genesis 2

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. Isaiah 33

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, n.

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 5

3. That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible.

Thy judgments are a great deep. Psalms 36

4. The most still or solemn part the midst as, in deep of night.