deep

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   to a great distance

   penetrated deep into enemy territory

2. 2
   adv

   to an advanced time

   deep into the night

3. 3
   adj

   exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy

   deep political machinations

4. 4
   adj

   very distant in time or space

   deep in the past

5. 5
   adj

   relatively deep or strong

   affecting one deeply

6. 6
   adj

   with head or back bent low

   a deep bow

7. 7
   adj

   having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

   a deep voice

8. 8
   adj

   large in quantity or size

   deep cuts in the budget

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”), North Frisian diip, jip (“deep”), Saterland Frisian djoop (“deep”), West Frisian djip (“deep”), Alemannic German tüüf (“deep”), Central Franconian deef, deep (“deep”), Dutch diep (“deep”), German tief (“deep”), Luxembourgish déif (“deep”), Mòcheno tiaf (“deep”), Vilamov…