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1. deep -- (the central and most intense or profound part; "in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter").
2. trench, deep, oceanic abyss -- (a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor).
3. deep -- (literary term for an ocean; "denizens of the deep").

1. deep (vs. shallow) -- (relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep").
2. deep -- (marked by depth of thinking; "deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory").
3. deep (vs. shallow) -- (having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep").
4. deep -- (very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe").
5. deep -- (extreme; "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness").
6. bass, deep -- (having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet").
7. deep, rich -- (strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red").
8. deep -- (relatively thick from top to bottom; "deep carpets"; "deep snow").
9. deep -- (extending relatively far inward; "a deep border").
10. thick, deep -- ((of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night").
11. deep -- (large in quantity or size; "deep cuts in the budget").
12. deep -- (with head or back bent low; "a deep bow").
13. cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying -- (of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands").
14. abstruse, deep, recondite -- (difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography").
15. deep -- (exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy; "deep political machinations"; "a deep plot").

1. deeply, deep -- (to a great depth; "dived deeply"; "dug deep").
2. deep, late -- (to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening").
3. deep -- (to far into space; "penetrated deep into enemy territory"; "went deep into the woods";).

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