deep

DEEP, adjective 1. Extending or being far below the surface; descending far downward; profound ; opposed to shallow; as deep water; a deep pit or well. 2. Low in situation; being or descending far below the adjacent land; as a deep valley. 3. Entering far; piercing a great way. A tree in a good soil takes deep root. A spear struck deep into the flesh. 4. Far from the outer part; secreted. A spider deep ambushed in her den. 5. Not superficial or obvious; hidden; secret. He discovereth deep things out of darkness. Job 12:22. 6. Remote from comprehension. O Lord, thy thoughts are very deep Ps. Xcii. 7. Sagacious; penetrating; having the power to enter far into a subject; as a man of deep thought; a deep divine. 8. Artful; contriving; concealing artifice; insidious; designing; as a friend, deep hollow treacherous. 9. Grave in sound; low; as the deep tones of an organ. 10. Very still; solemn; profound; as deep silence. 11. Thick; black; not to be penetrated by the sight. Now deeper darkness brooded on the ground. 12. Still; sound; not easily broken or disturbed. The Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam. Genesis 2:21. 13. Depressed; sunk low, metaphorically; as deep poverty. 14. Dark; intense; strongly colored; as a deep brown; a deep crimson; a deep blue. 15. Unknown; unintelligible. A people of deeper speech than thou canst perceive. Isaiah 33:19. 16. Heart-felt; penetrating; affecting; as a deep sense of guilt. 17. Intricate; not easily understood or unraveled; as a deep plot or intrigue. This word often qualifies a verb, like an adverb. Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring. DEEP, noun 1. The sea; the abyss of waters; the ocean. He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. Job x1i. 2. A lake; a great collection of water. Lanch out into the deep and let down your nets. Luke 5:4. 3. That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible. Thy judgments are a great deep Psalms 36:6. 4. The most still or solemn part; the midst; as, in deep of night.