deep : Idioms & Phrases

• (Military), a long line.

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

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• adverb up to the breast
  breast-high.
  
  • we were standing breast-high in the water

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Breast"-deep` adjective

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1. Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.

   See him breast-deep in earth, and famish him. Shak.

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

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

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

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• noun fording at a deep place in the stream
  

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

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

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• (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.

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

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

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• 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.

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

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• 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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• noun any region in space outside the solar system
  

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• 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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• noun temporal veins that empty into the pterygoid plexus
  

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• noun serious trouble
  

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

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

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• verb dye thoroughly
  

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

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

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Deep"-fet` adjective

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1. Deeply fetched or drawn. Obs. "Deep-fet groans." Shak.

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

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

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• adjective satellite secretly and carefully planned
  
  • deep-laid plans

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Deep"-laid` adjective

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1. Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.

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• adjective satellite having deep bilateral lobes
  

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

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Deep"-mouthed` adjective

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1. Having a loud and sonorous voice. "Deep-mouthed dogs." Dryden.

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• adjective satellite of a deep shade of pink
  

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Deep"-read` adjective

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1. Profoundly book-learned. "Great writers and deep-read men." L'Estrange.

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• 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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• 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

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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.

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• noun a diver in the deeper parts of the sea
  

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

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• 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"-waist`ed adjective

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1. (Naut.) Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck.

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

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• adjective satellite of something having the color of a pumpkin
  

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

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

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• 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

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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.

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

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• 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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• adjective satellite penetrating no deeper than the skin: "her beauty is only skin-deep"
  

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Skin"-deep` adjective

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1. Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial. Lowell.

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

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