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depth (dept̸h)

noun

    1. the distance from the top downward, from the surface inward, or from front to back
    2. perspective, as in a painting
  2. the quality or condition of being deep; deepness; specif.,
    1. intensity, as of colors, silence, or emotion
    2. profundity of thought
    3. lowness of pitch
  3. the middle part the depth of winter
  4. the far inner or inmost part the depths of a wood
  5. the deep or deepest part, as of the sea
    1. the most extreme degree, as of despair
    2. a low state or condition shocked that their principles had fallen to such depths
  7. reserve strength, as of suitable substitute players for a team

Etymology: ME depthe < dep: see deep & -th

depth Idioms

in depth

in a thorough and comprehensive way analysis in depth

out of one's depth

or out beyond one's depth
  1. in water too deep for one
  2. past one's ability or understanding
depth Synonyms

depth

n.

  1. Vertical or lateral distance

    lowness, deepness, extent, drop, measurement downward, declination, pitch, distance backward, distance inward, remoteness, extent down from a given point, downward measure, perpendicular measurement from the surface, sounding; see also expanse, measurement 2.

    Antonyms height*, shallowness, flatness.

  2. Deepness

    profundity, intensity, lowness, gravity, abyss, pit, bottom, substratum, underground, base, lower register, bottom of the sea; see also bottom 1.

  3. Intellectual power

    profundity, weightiness, wisdom; see acumen.

in depth

extensive, broad, thorough, thoroughly; see completely, comprehensive, detailed.

depth Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • meter: At 7.30am on Monday 20 June 05 the hole was at a depth of 148 meters.
  • despair: I would be fine one minute, then a few hours later I would be at the depths of despair.
  • fathom: The two former are worked by drifts, and the latter two by shafts, at a depth of 15 fathoms.
  • cm: The bottom of the tank can then be covered with a mixture of silica sand and coral sand to a depth of 2-3 cm.
  • foot: He proposed a depth of 3 foot for 20 ton barges which would pay a charge of 3 pence a lock.
  • ocean: The dark depths of the ocean only produce the most minor artifacts onto the screen - you have to get close to really notice.

Converse of object

  • plumb: Don't you just love the pretentious cretins who try to plumb the depths of artistic endeavor?
  • tread: Check the tires for wear, damage and tread depth.

Adjective modifier

  • shallow: Perfect for families with sandy beach and shallow depths.
  • murky: Up to her shoulders all she can do is gaze at the colors swirling beneath the murky depths.
  • maximum: Is there a maximum depth for try a dives?
  • hidden: But Home for all it's jazzy fun didn't lack hidden depths and quiet pondering moments.
  • great: The great depth of Middle Earth's history is absent from the film.
  • sufficient: Below are the major considerations to think about... the site will explore in sufficient depth each of these alternative types of pump applications.

Modifies a noun

  • gage: A quick update, and check of the outward line, then he was back in again, this time with a depth gage.

Noun used with modifier

  • tread: Different tread depths from side to side is also a bad idea.
  • in-: The theories discussed will be set against an in- depth study of a specific case.
  • max: The wreck is broken into 2 main parts and lies in a scour with a max depth of 16m.
  • color: The SiS 5598 is not capable of supporting overlays but does support hardware gamma color correction in all color depths.
  • m: There is a 12 m depth of peat within the confining basin.
depth Quotes

And the rose like a nymph to the bath addressed, Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast, Till, fold after fold, to the fainting air The soul of her beautyand love lay bare.

—Shelley, Percy Bysshe

Thou hidden love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathomed no man knows, I see from far thy beauteous light, Only I sigh for thy repose.

—Wesley,John

Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways.

—Newman,John Henry

   How do I love thee? Let me count the ways!ö I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and Ideal Grace.

—Browning, Elizabeth ne¤  e Barrett