deep : Idioms & Phrases


A deep line of operations

  • (Military), a long line.
Webster 1913

ankle-deep

  • adjective satellite coming only to the ankle or knee
    ankle-deep.
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breast-deep

  • adverb up to the breast
    breast-high.
    • we were standing breast-high in the water
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Breast"-deep` adjective
Definitions
  1. Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.
    See him breast-deep in earth, and famish him. Shak.
Webster 1913

deep brown

  • noun a medium brown to dark-brown color
    coffee; umber; burnt umber; chocolate.
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deep cervical vein

  • noun a vein that accompanies an artery of the same name
    vena cervicalis profunda; cervical vein.
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deep down

  • adverb in reality
    in spite of appearance; inside; at bottom; at heart.
    • she is very kind at heart
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deep fording

  • noun fording at a deep place in the stream
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deep freeze

  • noun temporary inactivity or suspension
    • the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze
  • verb store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation
    • deep-freeze the food
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deep freezer

  • noun electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time
    deep freezer; Deepfreeze; freezer.
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deep in thought

  • adjective satellite deeply absorbed in thought
    bemused; preoccupied; lost.
    • as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
    • lost in thought
    • a preoccupied frown
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deep kiss

  • noun an openmouthed kiss in which your tongue is inserted into the other's mouth
    French kiss; soul kiss.
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deep middle cerebral vein

  • noun accompanies the middle cerebral artery deep in the Sylvian fissure; empties into the basal vein
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Deep mourning

  • (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments.
Webster 1913

Deep of night

  • the most quiet or profound part of night; dead of night.
Webster 1913

deep pocket

  • noun a source of substantial wealth (usually plural)
    • a patron of the arts should have deep pockets
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deep pocket, ∨ deep pockets

  • wealth or substantial financial assets. Used esp. in legal actions, where plaintiffs desire to find a defendant with "deep pockets", so as to be able to actually obtain the sum of damages which may be judged due to him. This contrasts with a "judgment-proof" defendant, one who has neither assets nor insurance, and against whom a judgment for monetary damages would be worthless.
Webster 1913

deep red

  • noun a deep and vivid red color
    crimson; ruby.
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deep south

  • noun the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery
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deep space

  • noun any region in space outside the solar system
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deep supporting fire

  • noun fire on objectives not in the immediate vicinity of your forces but with the objective of destroying enemy reserves and weapons and interfering with the enemy command and supply and communications
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deep temporal vein

  • noun temporal veins that empty into the pterygoid plexus
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deep water

  • noun serious trouble
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deep-chested

  • adjective satellite thick in the chest
    • a deep-chested breed of dog
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deep-dish pie

  • noun a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit
    cobbler.
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deep-dye

  • verb dye thoroughly
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deep-eyed

  • adjective satellite characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
    hollow-eyed; sunken-eyed.
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deep-fat-fry

  • verb fry in deep fat
    • deep-fry the potato chips
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deep-fet

Deep"-fet` adjective
Definitions
  1. Deeply fetched or drawn. Obs. "Deep-fet groans." Shak.
Webster 1913

deep-freeze

  • noun electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time
    deep freezer; Deepfreeze; freezer.
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deep-fried

  • verb cook by immersing in fat
    french-fry.
    • french-fry the potatoes
  • adjective satellite cooked by frying in fat
    fried.
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deep-fry

  • verb cook by immersing in fat
    french-fry.
    • french-fry the potatoes
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deep-laid

  • adjective satellite secretly and carefully planned
    • deep-laid plans
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Deep"-laid` adjective
Definitions
  1. Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.
Webster 1913

deep-lobed

  • adjective satellite having deep bilateral lobes
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deep-mined

  • adjective satellite of coal, as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine
    • deep-mined coal
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deep-mouthed

Deep"-mouthed` adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a loud and sonorous voice. "Deep-mouthed dogs." Dryden.
Webster 1913

deep-pink

  • adjective satellite of a deep shade of pink
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deep-read

Deep"-read` adjective
Definitions
  1. Profoundly book-learned. "Great writers and deep-read men." L'Estrange.
Webster 1913

deep-rooted

  • adjective satellite (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
    ingrained; deep-rooted; planted; implanted.
    • deep-rooted prejudice
    • deep-seated differences of opinion
    • implanted convictions
    • ingrained habits of a lifetime
    • a deeply planted need
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deep-sea

  • adjective satellite of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea
    • deep-sea fishing
    • deep-sea exploration
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Deep"-sea` adjective
Definitions
  1. 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.
Webster 1913

deep-sea diver

  • noun a diver in the deeper parts of the sea
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deep-seated

  • adjective satellite (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
    ingrained; deep-rooted; planted; implanted.
    • deep-rooted prejudice
    • deep-seated differences of opinion
    • implanted convictions
    • ingrained habits of a lifetime
    • a deeply planted need
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deep-set

  • adjective satellite having a sunken area
    recessed; sunken.
    • hunger gave their faces a sunken look
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deep-six

  • verb toss out; get rid of
    deep-six.
    • deep-six these old souvenirs!
  • verb throw from a boat
    throw overboard.
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deep-waisted

Deep"-waist`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck.
Webster 1913

deep-water

  • adjective satellite of or carried on in waters of great depth
    • a deep-water port
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deep-yellow

  • adjective satellite of something having the color of a pumpkin
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give it the deep six

  • verb toss out; get rid of
    deep-six.
    • deep-six these old souvenirs!
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go deep

  • verb extend in importance or range
    go far.
    • His accomplishments go far
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knee-deep

  • adjective satellite coming only to the ankle or knee
    ankle-deep.
  • adverb up to the knees
    knee-high.
    • we were standing knee-deep in the water
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Knee"-deep` adjective
Definitions
  1. Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep.
    Grass knee-deep within a month. Milton.
  2. Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.
    Where knee-deep the trees were standing. Longfellow.
Webster 1913

nares deep

  • noun a depression in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Haiti and Puerto Rico
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neck-deep

  • adjective satellite deeply involved
    up to your neck; up to their necks; up to his neck; up to my neck; up to her neck; up to our necks.
    • neck-deep in work
    • up to their necks in debt
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skin-deep

  • adjective satellite penetrating no deeper than the skin: "her beauty is only skin-deep"
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Skin"-deep` adjective
Definitions
  1. Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial. Lowell.
Webster 1913

waist-deep

  • adverb up to the waist
    waist-high.
    • the water rose waist-high
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