1.the central and most intense or profound part;
in the deep of night
2.a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
3.literary term for an ocean;
denizens of the deep
4.relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply;
a deep breath
5.marked by depth of thinking;
deep thoughts
6.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
7.very distant in time or space;
deep in the past
8.extreme;
in deep trouble
9.having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range;
a deep voice
10.strong; intense;
deep purple
11.relatively thick from top to bottom;
deep carpets
12.extending relatively far inward;
a deep border
13. (of darkness) very intense;
thick night
14. large in quantity or size;
deep cuts in the budget
15. with head or back bent low;
a deep bow
16. of an obscure nature;
the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
17. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge;
the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them
18. exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy;
deep political machinations
19.to a great depth;
dived deeply
20.to an advanced time;
deep into the night
21.to far into space;
penetrated deep into enemy territory