Index of English words, starting with "de"

(1) - Deep (n.) That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss.
(2) - Deep (n.) That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth.
(3) - Deep (adv.) To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.
(4) - Deep (superl.) Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads.
(5) - Deep (superl.) Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy.
(6) - Deep (superl.) Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.
(7) - Deep (superl.) Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror.
(8) - Deep (superl.) Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
(9) - Deep (superl.) Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot.
(10) - Deep (superl.) Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.
(11) - Deep (superl.) 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.
(12) - Deep (superl.) 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.

(1) - Deep-sea (a.) Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a line to take soundings at a great depth); deep-sea lead; deep-sea soundings, explorations, etc.

(1) - Deepen (v. i.) To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.
(2) - Deepen (v. t.) To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ.
(3) - Deepen (v. t.) To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.
(4) - Deepen (v. t.) To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom.
(5) - Deepen (v. t.) To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.