deep
noun/diːp/
/diːp/
Word Family
- deep adjective adverb
- deeply adverb
- deepen verb
- depth noun
- the deep[singular] (literary) the sea
- His body was committed to the deep (= he was buried at sea).
- the deep [singular], the deeps [plural]a deep part of something; the deepest part of something
- in the deep of night/winter (= in the middle of the night/of winter)
- (figurative) the deeps of sorrow
- the deeps of Loch Ness
Word OriginOld English dēop (adjective), dīope, dēope (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch diep and German tief, also to dip.
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