deep adj
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skin-deep adj — Is a dermatologist s knowledge only skin deep? … English expressions
deep — deepness, n. /deep/, adj. deeper, deepest, n., adv., deeper, deepest. adj. 1. extending far down from the top or surface: a deep well; a deep valley. 2. extending far in or back from the front or from an edge, surface, opening, etc., considered… … Universalium
deep — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a extending far down from the top (deep hole; deep water). b extending far in from the surface or edge (deep wound; deep plunge; deep shelf; deep border). 2 (predic.) a extending to or lying at a specified depth (water 6… … Useful english dictionary
deep-dish — /deep dish /, adj. Cookery. baked in a deep dish, often with a pastry top: a deep dish peach pie. [1935 40] * * * deep dish «DEEP DIHSH», adjective. baked in a deep dish with a crust on top only: »a deep dish pie. * * * adj. 1) (of a pie) baked… … Useful english dictionary
deep — [dēp] adj. [ME dep < OE deop, akin to Ger tief, Goth diups < IE base * dheub , deep, hollow > DIP, DUMP1] 1. extending far downward from the top or top edges, inward from the surface, or backward from the front [a deep cut, a deep lake,… … English World dictionary
deep-rooted — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Deep rooted means the same as deep seated. ...long term solutions to a deep rooted problem. ...the deep rooted divisions and suspicions between the two superpowers. Syn: deep seated … English dictionary
deep-seated — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A deep seated problem, feeling, or belief is difficult to change because its causes have been there for a long time. The country is still suffering from deep seated economic problems. ...our morbid and deep seated fear of… … English dictionary
deep — O.E. deop (adj.) profound, awful, mysterious; serious, solemn; deepness, depth, deope (adv.), from P.Gmc. *deupaz (Cf. O.S. diop, O.Fris. diap, Du. diep, O.H.G. tiof, Ger. tief, O.N. djupr, Dan. dyb, Swed. djup, Goth. diups … Etymology dictionary
deep — adj. 1) deep in (deep in thought; deep in the forest) 2) (misc.) the well was forty feet deep * * * [diːp] (misc.) the well was forty feet deep deep in (deep in thought; deep in the forest) … Combinatory dictionary
deep-sea — ADJ: ADJ n Deep sea activities take place in the areas of the sea that are a long way from the coast. ...deep sea diving. ...a deep sea fisherman … English dictionary
