deep

Meaning

Synonyms

oceanic abyss

at the bottom

of the sea

become deep

be deep

ocean deep

of water

trenchant

the deep

small hole in ground

adj 9 high

refu is also used in cl 9

ocean trench

clear water

tectogene

extending far downward

far below the surface

far down

grave hollow

situated low

dark-colored

dusky-colored

abyssal sea

cooking vessel

deep cutting

carefully thought out

gorgeous warm

is deep

deadly

deep-laid

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/diːp/
Etymology

From Middle English depe, deep, dep, deop, 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-nós, from *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognates Cognate with Scots depe (“deep”), Saterland Frisian djoop (“deep”), West Frisian djip (“deep”), Low German deep (“deep”), Dutch diep (“deep”), German tief (“deep”), Danish dyb (“deep”), Norwegian Bokmål dyp (“deep”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish djup (“deep”), Icelandic djúpur (“deep”), Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), Albanian det (“sea”), Welsh dwfn (“deep”).

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