Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Deep
User Submitted Origins
Indian (Sanskrit)
60%
English
25%
Fiction
5%
Hindi
5%
French
5%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Illinois, U.S., the name Deep is of Indian (Sanskrit) origin and means "Light or lamp".
- A user from India says the name Deep is of Indian (Sanskrit) origin and means "Light, lamp".
- A submission from Australia says the name Deep means "Lamp, Light" and is of Indian (Sanskrit) origin.
- A submission from India says the name Deep means "Deep like a sea".
- According to a user from California, U.S., the name Deep is of French origin and means "A gift of god".
- A submission from Pennsylvania, U.S. says the name Deep means "Fire, deep".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
adjective Deep
Senses
- Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea."The water where the brook is deep." [Shak.]
- Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. "Shadowing squadrons deep." [Milton.]"Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook." [Shak.]
- Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.
- Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot."Speculations high or deep." [Milton.]"A question deep almost as the mystery of life." [De Quincey.]"O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very deep." [Ps. xcii. 5.]
- Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning." Deep clerks she dumbs." [Shak.]
- Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. " Deepdespair."Milton." Deepsilence."Milton." Deepsleep."Gen. ii. 21." Deeperdarkness."Hoole."Their deeppoverty."2 Cor. viii. 2."An attitude of deep respect." [Motley.]
- Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.
- Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy."The deepthunder." [Byron.]"The bass of heaven's deep organ." [Milton.]
- Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads."The ways in that vale were very deep." [Clarendon.]
Etymology: OE. dep deop, AS. deóp; akin to D. diep, G. tief, Icel. djūpr, Sw. diup, Dan. dyb, Goth. diups; fr. the root of E. dip dive. See Dip Dive
adverb Deep
To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.
Note: ☞ Deep, in its usual adverbial senses, is often prefixed to an adjective; as, deep-chested, deep-cut, deep-seated, deep-toned, deep-voiced, “ deep-uddered kine.”
noun Deep
Senses
- That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth."Courage from the deeps of knowledge springs." [Cowley.]"The hollow deep of hell resounded." [Milton.]"Blue Neptune storms, the bellowing deeps resound." [Pope.]
- That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss."Thy judgments are a great deep." [Ps. xxxvi. 6.]"The deep of night is crept upon our talk." [Shak.]
Other Dictionary Sources
- Literary term for an ocean ("denizens of the deep")
- A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- The central and most intense or profound part ("in the deep of night" and "in the deep of winter")
- Exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy ("deep political machinations" and "a deep plot")
- Strong; intense ("deep purple")
- Very distant in time or space ("deep in the past", "deep in enemy territory", "deep in the woods", and "a deep space probe")
- 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", "a deep dive", "deep water", "a deep casserole", "a deep gash", "deep massage", "deep pressure receptors in muscles", "deep shelves", "a deep closet", "surrounded by a deep yard", "hit the ball to deep center field", "in deep space", and "waist-deep")
- Relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply ("a deep breath", "a deep sigh", "deep concentration", "deep emotion", "a deep trance", and "in a deep sleep")
- Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge ("a deep metaphysical theory")
- Of an obscure nature ("a deep dark secret")
- With head or back bent low ("a deep bow")
- Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range ("a deep voice")
- Large in quantity or size ("deep cuts in the budget")
- Intense or extreme ("in deep trouble" and "deep happiness")
- (of darkness) densely dark ("a face in deep shadow" and "deep night")
- Marked by depth of thinking ("deep thoughts" and "a deep allegory")
- Relatively thick from top to bottom ("deep carpets" and "deep snow")
- Extending relatively far inward ("a deep border")
- To a great depth; far down or in ("dived deeply" and "dug deep")
- To a great distance ("penetrated deep into enemy territory" and "went deep into the woods")
- To an advanced time ("deep into the night")
Wiktionary
From Middle English depe, deep, dep, deop, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-nós, from *dʰewb- (“deep”). 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”).
- (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
- creatures of the
- (literary, with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.
- the of night
- (rare) A deep shade of colour.
- (US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
- (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
- (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.
- Russell is a safe pair of hands in the .
deep was also found in the following language(s): Central Franconian and Middle English