Depth meanings. All definitions of Depth

variable noun depth The depth of something such as a river or hole is the distance downwards from its top surface, or between its upper and lower surfaces. 3

variable noun depth The depth of something such as a cupboard or drawer is the distance between its front surface and its back. 3

variable noun depth If an emotion is very strongly or intensely felt, you can talk about its depth. 3

uncountable noun depth The depth of a situation is its extent and seriousness. 3

uncountable noun depth The depth of someone's knowledge is the great amount that they know. 3

uncountable noun depth The depth of a colour is its intensity and strength. 3

uncountable noun depth In photography and art, you say that a picture has depth or depth of field when you mean that it appears three-dimensional rather than flat. 3

uncountable noun depth If you say that someone or something has depth, you mean that they have serious and interesting qualities which are not immediately obvious and which you have to think about carefully before you can fully understand them. 3

noun plural depth The depths are places that are a long way below the surface of the sea or earth. 3

noun plural depth If you talk about the depths of an area, you mean the parts of it which are very far from the edge. 3

noun plural depth If you are in the depths of an unpleasant emotion, you feel that emotion very strongly. 3

noun plural depth If something happens in the depths of a difficult or unpleasant period of time, it happens in the middle and most severe or intense part of it. 3

noun depth the extent, measurement, or distance downwards, backwards, or inwards 3

noun depth the quality of being deep; deepness 3

noun depth intensity or profundity of emotion or feeling 3

noun depth profundity of moral character; penetration; sagacity; integrity 3

noun depth complexity or abstruseness, as of thought or objects of thought 3

noun depth intensity, as of silence, colour, etc 3

noun depth lowness of pitch 3

noun depth the distance from the top of a ship's keel to the top of a particular deck 3

noun depth a deep, far, inner, or remote part, such as an inaccessible region of a country 3

noun depth the deepest, most intense, or most severe part 3

noun depth a low moral state; demoralization 3

noun depth a vast space or abyss 3

noun depth the distance from the top downward, from the surface inward, or from front to back 3

noun depth perspective, as in a painting 3

noun depth the quality or condition of being deep; deepness 3

noun depth intensity, as of colors, silence, or emotion 3

noun depth profundity of thought 3

noun depth the middle part 3

noun depth the far inner or inmost part 3

noun depth the deep or deepest part, as of the sea 3

noun depth the most extreme degree, as of despair 3

noun depth a low state or condition 3

noun depth reserve strength, as of suitable substitute players for a team 3

noun depth dimension downward, inward, or backward 1

noun depth profoundness 1

noun depth quality of being deep 1

noun depth most severe period 1

noun depth intensity, as of colour 1

noun depth music: low tonal pitch 1

noun depth sports: strength of a team 1

noun plural depth deep part of something 1

noun depth a dimension taken through an object or body of material, usually downward from an upper surface, horizontally inward from an outer surface, or from top to bottom of something regarded as one of several layers. 1

noun depth the quality of being deep; deepness. 1

noun depth complexity or obscurity, as of a subject: a question of great depth. 1

noun depth gravity; seriousness. 1

noun depth emotional profundity: the depth of someone's feelings. 1

noun depth intensity, as of silence, color, etc. 1

noun depth lowness of tonal pitch: the depth of a voice. 1

ALL meanings of depth