HyperDic: depth

English > 5 senses of the word *depth*:
NOUN	attribute	depth, deepness	the extent downward or backward or inward
	attribute	depth	degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
	state	depth	(usually plural) a low moral state
	cognition	depth, astuteness, profundity, profoundness, deepness	the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
	attribute	depth	the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense

depth > pronunciation
Sounds	deh'pth

English > *depth*: 5 senses > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The extent downward or backward or inward.
Examples	"the depth of the water" "depth of a shelf" "depth of a closet"
Synonym	deepness
Attributes	deep	Having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center
	deep	relatively deep or strong
	shallow	lacking physical depth
	shallow	not deep or strong
Narrower	deepness, profundity, profoundness	The quality of being physically deep
	draft, draught	The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
	penetration	The depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
	shallowness	The quality of lacking physical depth
	sounding	A measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
Broader	extent	The distance or area or volume over which something extends
Spanish	profundidad
Catalan	profunditat

English > *depth*: 5 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	degree of psychological or intellectual profundity.
Narrower	profundity, profoundness	Intellectual depth
Narrower	superficiality, shallowness	lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
Broader	degree, grade, level	A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

English > *depth*: 5 senses > noun 3, state
Meaning	(usually plural) a low moral state.
Example	"he had sunk to the depths of addiction"
Broader	abasement, degradation, abjection	A low or downcast state
Usage of	plural, plural form	The form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Spanish	bajeza
Catalan	baixesa

English > *depth*: 5 senses > noun 4, cognition
Meaning	The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas.
Synonyms	astuteness, profundity, profoundness, deepness
Broader	wisdom, sapience	ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
Spanish	astucia
Catalan	profunditat

English > *depth*: 5 senses > noun 5, attribute
Meaning	The attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense.
Examples	"the depth of his breathing" "the depth of his sighs,""the depth of his emotion"
Broader	attribute	An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

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