Word Finder - deeper

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(of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.

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(intellectual, social) Complex, involved.

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(sound, voice) Low in pitch.

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She has a very deep contralto voice.

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(of a color) Highly saturated.

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That's a very deep shade of blue.

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(sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).

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He was in a deep sleep.

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Immersed, submerged (in).

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deep in debt

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Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.

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(of time) Distant in the past, ancient.

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deep time

He swam deeper into the lake.

Of course, it went a lot deeper than that.

I wondered if Howie's loss of memory had deeper roots than his later accident.

The deeper the feeling, the more he attempted to cover it.

Maybe he simply wasn't capable of having a relationship deeper than surface friendship.

Taking the Atlantic as our simplest type, we may say that the surface of an ocean basin resembles that of a mighty trough or syncline, buckled up more or less centrally in a medial ridge, which is bounded by two long and deep marginal hollows, in the cores of which still deeper grooves sink to the profoundest depths.

He lifted her in his arms and she allowed him to carry her deeper into the cave.

She paused, realizing he was looking for a deeper meaning.

While he never owned up to it, Betsy and I knew he retained records of ventures into the deeper past, where Howie refused to go.

The driver struck his passenger repeatedly on the side of her head with his free hand as he drove deeper into the wood.

Deidre walked deeper into the forest, wrestling with herself mentally.

Sarah slumped deeper into her chair with her arms still folded.

He scooped her into his arms and started for the deeper water.

But the main issue of the struggle was not in these details of ecclesiastical government; principles had been at stake far deeper and more widely reaching.

Ritter was led deeper and deeper into the study of history and archaeology.

An elevation of small extent is distinguished as a " dome " when it is more than 100 fathoms from the surface, a " bank " when it is nearer the surface than 100 fathoms but deeper than 6 fathoms, and a " shoal " when it comes within 6 fathoms of the surface and so becomes a serious danger to shipping.

More mobile and more searching than ice or rock rubbish, the trickling drops are guided by the deepest lines of the hillside in their incipient flow, and as these lines converge, the stream, gaining strength, proceeds in River its torrential course to carve its channel deeper and en- t trench itself in permanent occupation.

The surface of the plateau is generally open campo and scrubby arboreal growth called caatingas, but the streams are generally bordered with forest, especially in the deeper valleys.

And there is perhaps a reason of a deeper kind for holding Apologetics to the defensive.

Thomas Arnold, criticizing Edward Hawkins, appeals rather to the atonement as deeper neglected truth.

The deeper tints are, however, peculiar to the nuptial plumage, or are only to be faintly traced at other times, so that in winter the adults - and the young always - have a much plainer appearance, ashy-grey and white being almost the only hues observable.

He yelled, and I felt the knife cut deeper.

The two men didn't simply dislike one another—the feelings ran far deeper.

His brows furrowed deeper.

His response was hungrier, deeper.

They ran through the forest toward the cliff, then ducked deeper into the forest before the trees gave way at the cliff.

He licked and nipped her lips, explored her mouth, and pulled her deeper and deeper into a state of compliance.

She feigned ignoring him, though he saw the flush of her face grow deeper.

It'd hit her on the spaceship ride home and had only grown deeper.

Dean found the deep powder beyond his limited abilities and Donald Ryland seemed content to stay with him and ski the packed trails, sometimes cutting off to test the moguls and deeper snow at the trail's edge.

While the snow was deeper here and the path less traveled, the walking was not difficult.

If you want me to speculate, I'd say it ran far deeper than that.

Effie snuggled deeper into the cushions.

She startled then cowered even deeper into the corner.

She lowered her gaze and blushed even deeper.

Carmen pulled the coop door shut and the fox snarled around the hen, backing deeper into the corner.

He slung his weapon over his shoulder as they walked deeper into the underground city.

Toby didn't answer, unwilling to admit just how much Ully's words stung.  He led them deeper into the jungle.  The branches hurried to create a path for him, and he smiled at them.  According to his angel memories, the trees were more than trees in Death's underworld.  They were alive.

Her added weight, though slight, caused the parking lot gravel to cut even deeper into his aching feet.

Of course, with Alex it went deeper than safety.

She snuggled deeper into his arms, her voice forlorn.

He dug deeper into the pile of cement blocks and ashes before him.

It was not the hard, fast, lustful connection he felt with his first mate, but a deeper connection.

His body brushed hers as he moved deeper into the cave, and he took her cold hands.

He apologized to her silently before he pushed deeper into her thoughts.

He hadn't said anything to either of them, but he was certain Gerald's feelings for Carmen went deeper than mere friendship.

The foyer extended from the front door to the windows, with multiple hallways and a stairway running deeper into the place.

Both passed through phases of faith, but while even Positivism did not cool George Eliot's innate religious fervour, with George Sand religion was a passing experience, no deeper than her republicanism and less lasting than her socialism, and she lived and died a gentle savage.

The analysis must be deeper, if we are to gain any further conclusions.

The muscle-fibres arise as processes from the bases of the epithelial cells; such cells may individually become sub-epithelial in position, as in the polyp; or, in places where muscular tissue is greatly developed, as in the velum or sub-umbrella, the entire muscular epithelium may be thrown into folds in order to increase its surface, so that a deeper sub-epithelial muscular layer becomes separated completely from a more superficial bodyepithelium.