depth
Roget category 208
2. Words relating to space› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.2. Linear dimensions
#208.
Depth
noun
depth —
deepness
etc.
adj. —
profundity,
depression
etc.
(concavity)
252.
hollow,
pit,
shaft,
well,
crater —
gulf
etc.
198 —
bowels of the earth,
botttomless pit†,
hell.
soundings,
depth of water,
water,
draught,
submersion —
plummet,
sound,
probe —
sounding rod,
sounding line —
lead.
bathymetry.
[instrument to measure depth]
sonar,
side-looking sonar —
bathometer†.
verb
be deep
etc.
adj. —
render deep
etc.
adj. —
deepen.
plunge
etc.
310 —
sound,
fathom,
plumb,
cast the lead,
heave the lead,
take soundings,
make soundings —
dig
etc.
(excavate)
252.
adjective
deep,
deep seated —
profound,
sunk,
buried —
submerged
etc.
310 —
subaqueous,
submarine,
subterranean,
subterraneous,
subterrene† —
underground.
bottomless,
soundless,
fathomless —
unfathomed,
unfathomable —
abysmal —
deep as a well —
bathycolpian† —
benthal†,
benthopelagic† —
downreaching†,
yawning.
knee deep,
ankle deep.
adverb
beyond one's depth,
out of one's depth —
over head and ears —
mark twine,
mark twain.
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