Deep (superl.) Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot.
Deep (superl.) Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
Deep (superl.) Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror.
Deep (superl.) Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.
Deep (superl.) Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy.
Deep (superl.) Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads.
Deep (adv.) To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.
Deep (n.) That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth.
Deep (n.) That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss.
Deepened (imp. & p. p.) of Deepen
Deepening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deepen
Deepen (v. t.) To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.
Deepen (v. t.) To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom.
Deepen (v. t.) To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.
Deepen (v. t.) To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ.
Deepen (v. i.) To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.
Deep-fet (a.) Deeply fetched or drawn.
Deep-laid (a.) Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.
Deeply (adv.) At or to a great depth; far below the surface; as, to sink deeply.
Deeply (adv.) Profoundly; thoroughly; not superficially; in a high degree; intensely; as, deeply skilled in ethics.
Deeply (adv.) Very; with a tendency to darkness of color.
Deeply (adv.) Gravely; with low or deep tone; as, a deeply toned instrument.
Deeply (adv.) With profound skill; with art or intricacy; as, a deeply laid plot or intrigue.
Deep-mouthed (a.) Having a loud and sonorous voice.
Deepness (n.) The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.
Deepness (n.) Craft; insidiousness.
Deep-read (a.) Profoundly book- learned.
Deep-sea (a.) 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.
Deep-waisted (a.) Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck.
Deer (n. sing. & pl.) Any animal; especially, a wild animal.
Deer (n. sing. & pl.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidae. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.
Deerberry (n.) A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry.
Deergrass (n.) An American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and eight stamens, -- the only genus of the order Melastomaceae inhabiting a temperate clime.
Deerhound (n.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.
Deerlet (n.) A chevrotain. See Kanchil, and Napu.
Deer-neck (n.) A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse.
Deerskin (n.) The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it.
Deerstalker (n.) One who practices deerstalking.
Deerstalking (n.) The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
Deer's-tongue (n.) A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla.
Dees (n. pl.) Dice.
Dees (n.) A dais.
Deesis (n.) An invocation of, or address to, the Supreme Being.
Deess (n.) A goddess.
Deev (n.) See Dev.
Defaced (imp. & p. p.) of Deface
Defacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deface
Deface (v. t.) To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record.
Deface (v. t.) To destroy; to make null.
Defacement (n.) The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.
Defacement (n.) That which mars or disfigures.
Defacer (n.) One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures.
De facto () Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.
Defail (v. t.) To cause to fail.
Defailance (n.) Failure; miscarriage.
Defailure (n.) Failure.
Defalcated (imp. & p. p.) of Defalcate
Defalcating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defalcate
Defalcate (v. t.) To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
Defalcate (v. i.) To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.
Defalcation (n.) A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.
Defalcation (n.) That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.
Defalcation (n.) An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement.
Defalcator (n.) A defaulter or embezzler.
Defalk (v. t.) To lop off; to abate.
Defamation (n.) Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.
Defamatory (a.) Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.
Defamed (imp. & p. p.) of Defame
Defaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defame
Defame (v. t.) To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.
Defame (v. t.) To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
Defame (v. t.) To charge; to accuse.
Defame (n.) Dishonor.
Defamer (n.) One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.
Defamingly (adv.) In a defamatory manner.
Defamous (a.) Defamatory.
Defatigable (a.) Capable of being wearied or tired out.
Defatigate (v. t.) To weary or tire out; to fatigue.
Defatigation (n.) Weariness; fatigue.
Default (n.) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default.
Default (n.) Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.
Default (n.) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc.
Defaulted (imp. & p. p.) of Default
Defaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Default
Default (v. i.) To fail in duty; to offend.
Default (v. i.) To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.
Default (v. i.) To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default.
Default (v. t.) To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend.
Default (v. t.) To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against.
Default (v. t.) To leave out of account; to omit.
Defaulter (n.) One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.
Defaulter (n.) One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator.
Defeasance (n.) A defeat; an overthrow.
Defeasance (n.) A rendering null or void.
Defeasance (n.) A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated.
Defeasanced (a.) Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited.
Defeasible (a.) Capable of being annulled or made void; as, a defeasible title.
Defeated (imp. & p. p.) of Defeat
Defeating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defeat
Defeat (v. t.) To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.