deep

English

/diːp/

adj
Definitions
  • (of a) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
  • (intellectual) Complex, involved.
  • (sound) Low in pitch.
  • (of a color) Highly saturated.
  • (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
  • Immersed, submerged (in).
  • Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
  • (of time) Distant in the past, ancient.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English depe inherited from Old English dēop (deep, profound, serious, great, mysterious, earnest, awful, heinous, solemn, extreme) inherited from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (deep) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-nós, *dʰewbʰ- (whisk, smoke, darken, obscure, black, deep, be obscured, plug, wedge, peg, be obscure, whirl, smoky, foggy, dim, mist, stupefaction, daze).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰewbʰ-

Gloss

whisk, smoke, darken, obscure, black, deep, be obscured, plug, wedge, peg, be obscure, whirl, smoky, foggy, dim, mist, stupefaction, daze

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

煙

Emoji
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