deepadjective
uk/diːp/us/diːp/deep adjective (LONG WAY DOWN)
A2 going or being a long way down from the top or surface, or being of a particular distance from the top to the bottom:
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- The snow lay in deep drifts.
- The water's deep here, so don't fall in!
- The thorn went deep into the flesh of my hand.
- Over many years, flowing water wore deep grooves into the rock.
- Sow the seeds about 3 cm deep.
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High, tall and deep
- altitude
- elevated
- eye level
- floor-to-ceiling
- full-length
- gawky
- height
- high
- overshadow
- profundity
- rangy
- rear
- rear above/over sth/sb
- six-footer
- stand
- stature
- tallish
- tower
- tower above/over sb/sth
- towering
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deep adjective (STRONGLY FELT)
B2 very strongly felt or experienced and usually lasting a long time:
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- She went into a deep coma after taking an overdose of sleeping pills.
- She has developed a deep dependence on him.
- She alternated between cheerfulness and deep despair.
- Her eyes expressed deep sadness.
- She had developed an outgoing personality to mask her deep insecurities.
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Strong feelings
- agony
- all-consuming
- anguish
- ardent
- be beside yourself idiom
- be convulsed with laughter, rage, etc. idiom
- beside
- explosive
- fiery
- hormonal
- hot-blooded
- impassioned
- ineffable
- inexpressible
- profound
- siren call
- supercharged
- unquenchable
- vehement
- vehemently
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deep adjective (LOW)
B2 (of a sound) low:
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- He has a deep, masterful voice.
- a deep mellifluous voice
- a deep, resonant voice
- She produced a rich, deep tone from her clarinet.
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Describing qualities of sound
- (as) clear as a bell idiom
- bass 1
- brassy
- consonance
- crackle
- creaky
- depth
- distortion
- easy
- grating
- harmonious
- low-pitched
- pitched
- plaintive
- pure
- sonorous
- squeaky
- squelch
- tone
- tune
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deep adjective (COMPLICATED)
C2 showing or needing serious thought, or not easy to understand:
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- His poetry is imbued with deep, religious feeling.
- Her first novel was too deep to have wide appeal.
- I enjoy his company but his conversation can get a bit deep at times.
- "What do you want to go and see at the cinema?" "Oh, nothing too deep, perhaps a comedy or something"
- The programme claims to discuss very deep and profound philosophical issues.
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Complexity
- a paper chase idiom
- advanced
- all-singing
- be more to sth than meets the eye idiom
- bleeding-edge
- compound
- equation
- fancy
- finicky
- high-tech
- intractable
- intricacy
- intricate
- plot
- serpentine
- sophisticated
- tangled
- the plot thickens idiom
- thereby
- wheel
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deep adjective (FRONT TO BACK)
B2 If something is deep, it has a large distance between its edges, especially between its front and back edges:
B1 near the middle of something, and a long distance from its edges:
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Measurements in general
- bathymetry
- dimension
- distance
- draught
- drop
- floor-length
- hecto-
- imperial
- length
- length
- linear
- measurable
- mega
- pico-
- pitch
- ply
- tyre pressure
- unit
- vital statistics
- wheelbase
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deep adjective (DARK)
B1 (of a colour) strong and dark:
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The qualities of colour
- a riot of colour idiom
- ablaze
- brash
- bright
- colorful
- colourful
- depth
- dusky
- flamboyant
- fluorescent
- harsh
- high-visibility
- loud
- muddy
- psychedelic
- pure
- riot
- technicolor
- vibrant
- warm
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Idiom(s)
deepadverb
uk/diːp/us/diːp/deep adverb (LONG WAY DOWN/IN)
A2 a long way from the top or surface :
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High, tall and deep
- altitude
- elevated
- eye level
- floor-to-ceiling
- full-length
- gawky
- height
- high
- overshadow
- profundity
- rangy
- rear
- rear above/over sth/sb
- six-footer
- stand
- stature
- tallish
- tower
- tower above/over sb/sth
- towering
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If a football player or team plays deep, they stay a long way inside their own half of the field:
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Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- crossbar
- feint
- footballing
- futsal
- game 39
- game ball
- ghost goal
- give-and-go
- relegation
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scissor kick
- seal dribble
- shin guard
- shin pad
- stoppage
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Idiom(s)
deepnoun
uk/diːp/us/diːp/the sea or the ocean
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Seas & oceans
- Aegean
- briny
- deep-sea
- depth
- English Channel
- guyot
- la Niña
- marine
- med
- mid-ocean ridge
- ocean
- oceanic
- oceanography
- salt water
- territorial sea
- the doldrums
- the high seas
- the Irish Sea
- the Southern Ocean
- undersea
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