📒 having a large distance from the top or surface to the bottom
- a deep hole/well/river
- deep water/snow
- The water looks quite deep there.
📒 having a large distance from the front edge to the furthest point inside
- a deep cut/wound
- deep space
📒 used to describe or ask about the depth of something
- The water is only a few centimetres deep.
- How deep is the wound?
📒 as far up or down as the point mentioned
- The water was only waist-deep so I walked ashore.
- She stood knee-deep in the water.
- We were walking in ankle-deep water.
📒 in the number of rows mentioned, one behind the other
- They were standing three-deep at the bar.
📒 taking in or giving out a lot of air
- She took a deep breath.
- He gave a deep sigh.
📒 a person in a deep sleep is difficult to wake
- She fell into a deep sleep.
- to be in a deep trance/coma
📒 strong and dark
- a rich deep red
- He had a pale face with deep blue eyes.
- Her lipstick was a deep shade of scarlet.
📒 low
- I heard his deep warm voice filling the room.
- We heard a deep roar in the distance.
- He gave a deep groan.
📒 strongly felt
- a very deep feeling of love
- I felt a deep sense of loss when I heard of her death.
- They expressed deep concern.
📒 extreme or serious
- He's in deep trouble.
- a deep economic recession
- The affair had exposed deep divisions within the party.
📒 showing great knowledge or understanding
- She had reached a deep understanding of the local culture.
- We will need a deeper analysis of this problem.
📒 difficult to understand
- This discussion's getting too deep for me.
- He always sought for a deeper meaning in everything.
- They spent hours discussing deep philosophical issues.
📒 fully involved in an activity or a state
- to be deep in thought/conversation
- He is often so deep in his books that he forgets to eat.
- The firm ended up deep in debt.
📒 if a person is deep, they hide their real feelings and opinions
- She's always been a deep one, trusting no one.
📒 to or from a position far down or across the field
📒 in a difficult situation where there are two equally unpleasant or unacceptable choices
📒 in trouble or difficulty
📒 in trouble
- I'll be in the shit if I don't get this work finished today.
- You’re in deep shit now.