deep
Because it is a word with a single syllable, deep is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofdeep
- (with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
Example: "creatures of the deep"
- (with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.
Example: "the deep of night"
- A deep shade of colour.
- The profound part of a problem.
- (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
- A fielding position near the boundary.
Example: "Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep."
- (of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
- (intellectual, social) Complex, involved.
- (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
Example: "She has a very deep contralto voice."
- (of a color) Highly saturated.
Example: "That's a very deep shade of blue."
- (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
Example: "He was in a deep sleep."
- Immersed, submerged (in).
Example: "deep in debt"
- Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
- (of time) Distant in the past, ancient.
Example: "deep time"
- Deeply.
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