Meaning

3 senses

  1. (figuratively, informal)Of a feeling, belief, or problem, to be very intense, serious, and firmly established, often existing for a long time.

  2. (Canadian)Synonym of go deep.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, deep.

    still waters run deep

Examples

14 sentences

  1. Still waters run deep.

    Тиха вода греблю рве. — deniko

    ruВ тихом омуте черти водятся. — shanghainese

    deStille Wasser sind tief. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. Silent waters run deep.

    Тиха вода греблю рве. — deniko

    ruВ тихом омуте черти водятся. — shanghainese

    deStille Wasser sind tief. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. I ran deeper into the forest.

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  4. My feelings for you run deep.

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  5. It runs deeper than that.

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Forms

runs deep, running deep, ran deep, run deep
Base formrun deep · to run deep
3rd person singularruns deep
Present participlerunning deep
Past simpleran deep
Past participlerun deep

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun deep
he, she, itruns deep

Past simpleLesson

all personsran deep

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run deep
he, she, ithas run deep

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run deep

Synonyms

1 synonyms
go deep

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rumplerunA1runawayB1rundownrune
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