Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, literary, uncountable, with definite article)The deep part of a lake, sea or ocean.

    creatures of the deep

    Tiefe

    пучи́наpučína

  2. (countable, uncountable, with definite article)The sea, the ocean.

    Tiefe

    пучи́наpučína

    literary term for an ocean

  3. (countable, uncountable)A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A deep or innermost part of something in general.

  5. (countable, literary, uncountable, with definite article)A silent time; quiet isolation.

    the deep of night

  6. (countable, rare, uncountable)A deep shade of colour.

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

    Tiefe

    the central and most intense or profound part

  8. (countable, uncountable)A fielding position near the boundary.

    Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep.

  9. (countable, slang, uncountable)A deep hotel pan.

    Coordinate term: shallow

Examples

1474 sentences
  1. Take a deep breath and then relax.

    Глибоко зітхніть і розслабтеся. — aandrusiak

    ruГлубоко вздохните и расслабьтесь. — sismic

  2. He stood up and took a deep breath.

    Він піднявся та глибоко зітхнув. — shanghainese

    ruОн встал и глубоко вздохнул. — fjay69

    deEr stand auf und atmete tief ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I don't think Tom knows how deep the pool is.

    Я не думаю, що Том знає, наскільки глибокий цей басейн. — deniko

  4. Tom fell into a deep sleep.

    Том заснув міцним сном. — deniko

    ruТом погрузился в глубокий сон. — marafon

    deTom schlief tief und fest ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. This lake is deep.

    Це озеро глибоке. — deniko

    ruЭто глубокое озеро. — Balamax

    deDieser See ist tief. — quernd

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
(literary) part of a lake, sea, etc:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(literary) part of a lake, sea, etc:

Origin

From Middle English dep, deep, depe, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, myster

From Middle English dep, deep, depe, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).

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Forms

plural: deeps
Singulardeep
Pluraldeeps

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a deep breath
  • deep breath
  • took a deep
  • deep breath and
  • how deep is
  • lake is deepest
  • is very deep
  • know how deep
  • how deep the
  • meters deep
  • a deep sleep
  • in deep trouble

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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