Meaning

2 senses

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

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

  2. (Multicultural London English, slang, transitive)To think about, especially deeply (“profoundly”); to consider.

Examples

1474 sentences

  1. Take a deep breath and then relax.

    Глибоко зітхніть і розслабтеся. — aandrusiak

    ruГлубоко вздохните и расслабьтесь. — sismic

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  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

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

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

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  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

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  5. This lake is deep.

    Це озеро глибоке. — deniko

    ruЭто глубокое озеро. — Balamax

    deDieser See ist tief. — quernd

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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

deeps, deeping, deeped, deeped
Base formdeep · to deep
3rd person singulardeeps
Present participledeeping
Past simpledeeped
Past participledeeped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeep
he, she, itdeeps

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeeped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave deeped
he, she, ithas deeped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill deep

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
deedB1deemB2deependeepfakedeeplyA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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