English-Italian translations for deep

• profondo
  Confesso al riguardo un profondo disagio. I must confess that I feel a deep sense of unease.
  Ed è di questo sentimento profondo che si deve rendere interprete la saggia . The wise must provide a voice for this deep-held feeling.
  Ho espresso il nostro profondo rammarico per tutte le vittime che vi hanno perso la vita. I expressed our deep regret at the subsequent loss of life.
• abisso
• esteso
• spesso
  La loro carne può essere trasportata congelata; spesso, i trasporti di animali vivi sono del tutto inutili.Meat can be transported deep-frozen. Animals transports are often unnecessary.
  Troppo spesso la partecipazione del pubblico viene archiviata in qualche remoto e oscuro cassetto, per essere convenientemente ignorata. Too often public participation is filed away in some deep, dark drawer and very conveniently ignored.
  Le tendenze alla discriminazione hanno spesso radici profonde, anche negli apparati pubblici, e occorre quindi riservare loro un' attenzione particolare.The tendency to discriminate is often deep-rooted, even at government level. This needs to be given special attention.

Definition of deep

• ''Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.''
• ''Complex, involved.''
• Low in pitch
• Highly saturated
• Sound, heavy (''describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken''
• Immersed, submerged (in
• Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads
• Distant in the past, ancient
• Deeply
• The deep part of a lake, sea, etc
• A silent time; quiet isolation
• A deep shade of colour
• The profound part of a problem
• A fielding position near the boundary

Synonyms

• heavy
• meaningful
• profound
• thick
• great
• large
• voluminous
• low
• low-pitched
• bright
• rich
• vivid
• fast
• heavy

Examples

• We hiked into a deep valley between tall mountains
• There was a deep layer of dust on the floor; the room had not been disturbed for many years
• The shelves are 30 centimetres deep. — They are deep shelves
• a crowd three deep along the funeral procession
• That cyclists deep chest allows him to draw more air
• to take a deep breath / sigh / drink
• deep into/in the forest
• He is fielding at deep mid wicket
• She hit a ball into deep center field
• a deep volley
• That is a deep thought!
• I just meant to help out a little, but now Im deep into it
• Theyre deep in discussion
• a deep subject or plot
• She has a very deep contralto voice
• Thats a very deep shade of blue
• He was in a deep sleep
• deep in debt
• deep in the mud
• waist-deep in the muddy water
• deep time
• in the deep past
• creatures of the deep
• the deep of night
• Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep.

Related words

• tall
• wide
• high
• thick