depth

Roget-categorie 208

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.2. Linear dimensions

#208. Depth

zelfstandig naamwoord

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^†.

werkwoord

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.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

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.

bijwoord

beyond one's depth, out of one's depth — over head and ears — mark twine, mark twain.

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