<B>deed, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>something done; an act or action. <BR> <I>Ex. To feed the hungry is a good deed.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a brave, skillful, or unusual act. <BR> <I>Ex. The song that nerves a nation's heart Is in itself a deed (Tennyson).</I> (SYN) feat, exploit. <DD><B> 3. </B>doing; performance. <BR> <I>Ex. Deeds, not words, are needed.</I> (SYN) action. <DD><B> 4. </B>a written or printed document, sealed and signed, containing some contract. <BR> <I>Ex. The buyer of real estate receives a deed legally transferring the ownership to him.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to transfer by deed. <BR> <I>Ex. He deeded his house to his oldest son.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in deed,</B> </I>in fact; actually. <BR> <I>Ex. The chiefs became the chiefs in deed as well as in name (Arthur P. Stanley).</I> <DD> See <B>indeed.</B> </DL>
<B>deedless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without deeds or action; inactive. </DL>
<A NAME="deedofdefeasance">
<B>deed of defeasance,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a collateral deed made at the same time as another and containing conditions that must be met for the first deed to remain in effect. </DL>
<A NAME="deedpoll">
<B>deed poll,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a deed executed by one party only. </DL>
<A NAME="deejay">
<B>deejay, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) disk jockey. </DL>
<A NAME="deek">
<B>deek, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a policeman. <BR> <I>Ex. The regulars long since recognized them as "deeks"--street slang for cop--but not because they had seen the policemen's snapshots or because they were white (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>deem, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to think, believe, or consider; form or have an opinion. <BR> <I>Ex. The police deemed it necessary for the town's safety to arrest most speeders.</I> (SYN) judge, regard, suppose. <DD><I>noun </I> (Obsolete.) a judgment; opinion. noun <B>deemer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="deemphasis">
<B>de-emphasis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of de-emphasizing or condition of being de-emphasized. </DL>
<A NAME="deemphasize">
<B>de-emphasize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-sized,</B> <B>-sizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to remove emphasis from; modify emphasis on. <BR> <I>Ex. The trend is to de-emphasize varsity sports (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="deemster">
<B>deemster, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> either of the two judges of the Isle of Man. Also, <B>dempster.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="deemstership">
<B>deemstership, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the office of deemster in the Isle of Man. </DL>
<A NAME="deenergize">
<B>de-energize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-gized,</B> <B>-gizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to deprive (a piece of machinery, an electrical circuit, etc.) of its source of power. <BR> <I>Ex. ... allowing the solenoid to de-energize and release the brakes (Toboldt and Purvis).</I> </DL>
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<B>deep, </B>adjective, adverb, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>going a long way down from the top or surface. <BR> <I>Ex. The ocean is deep here. The men dug a deep well to get pure water.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>going a long way back from the front. <BR> <I>Ex. a deep forest.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>in depth; having a depth of. <BR> <I>Ex. The lot on which the house stands is 100 feet deep.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>from far down or back. <BR> <I>Ex. Take a deep breath.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>far down or back. <BR> <I>Ex. a deep cut.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) far on. <BR> <I>Ex. to be deep in the study of physics.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Figurative.) low in pitch. <BR> <I>Ex. She heard the low tones of her father's deep voice.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Figurative.) making one go a long way or take much time in thinking; hard to understand. <BR> <I>Ex. a deep subject, a deep book.</I> (SYN) abstruse, obscure. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>heartfelt; earnest. <BR> <I>Ex. deep sorrow. Deep feeling is hard to put into words.</I> (SYN) profound. <DD><B> b. </B>strong; great; intense; extreme. <BR> <I>Ex. deep silence. A deep sleep is one that is hard to be awakened from.</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>(Figurative.) strong and dark in color; rich. <BR> <I>Ex. a deep red.</I> <DD><B> 10. </B>(Figurative.) with the mind fully taken up; absorbed. <BR> <I>Ex. deep in thought. There he is at it, deep in Greek (Robert Browning).</I> (SYN) engrossed. <DD><B> 11. </B>(Figurative.) going below the surface. <BR> <I>Ex. a speech of deep importance. A deeper knowledge of man's present psychology will lead to a more vital advance than the splitting of the atom (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 12. </B>(Figurative.) learned; wise; shrewd. <BR> <I>Ex. a deep scholar.</I> (SYN) astute. <DD><B> 13. </B>(Figurative.) sly; crafty. <BR> <I>Ex. You're a deep one, Mr. Pip (Dickens).</I> (SYN) artful, cunning. <DD><B> 14. </B>(Figurative.) grave; serious. <BR> <I>Ex. in deep disgrace.</I> <DD><B> 15. </B>(Figurative.) much involved. <BR> <I>Ex. deep in debt.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> <B>1. </B>far down or back. <BR> <I>Ex. The men dug deep before they found water. They went deep into the forest.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) well along in time; far on in time. <BR> <I>Ex. She studied deep into the night.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) intensely; profoundly; deeply. <BR> <I>Ex. We went deep into the problem.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a deep place. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) the most intense part. <BR> <I>Ex. the deep of winter.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Nautical.) one of the unmarked points at intervals of one fathom from one another or from any of the 9 marks on a sounding line. On a 200-fathom line the deeps are at 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 19 fathoms, the remaining depths being marks. <DD><B> 4. </B>any ocean area more than 18,000 feet deep. <BR> <I>Ex. Dr. Trask came on the trench while collecting samples of the ocean floor from what are known as deeps (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to deepen. <BR><I>expr. <B>in deep water.</B> </I>See under <B>water.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>jump</B> (or <B>go</B>) <B>off the deep end.</B> </I>See under <B>end</B> (1). <BR><I>expr. <B>the deep,</B> </I>the sea; the ocean. <BR> <I>Ex. Frightened sailors thought they saw monsters from the deep.</I> adv. <B>deeply.</B> noun <B>deepness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="deepchested">
<B>deep-chested, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a thick chest. </DL>
<A NAME="deepdish">
<B>deep-dish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> baked in a deep dish with a crust on top only. <BR> <I>Ex. a deep-dish pie.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="deepdraft">
<B>deep-draft, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of a ship) that draws or displaces deep water. <BR> <I>Ex. deep-draft ocean vessels.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="deepdraw">
<B>deep-draw, </B>transitive verb, <B>-drew,</B> <B>-drawn,</B> <B>-drawing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to cold-work (sheet metal) into cup-shaped or other extended forms by forcing it into or through a die. </DL>
<B>deepen, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make deep or deeper. <BR> <I>Ex. We deepened the hole.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become deep or deeper. <BR> <I>Ex. The water deepened as the tide came in. (Figurative.) The evening deepened into dark.</I> noun <B>deepener.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="deepfat">
<B>deep fat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> enough fat or oil in a pan to cover completely the food to be cooked. </DL>
<A NAME="deepfreeze">
<B>deep freeze,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a state of postponement, inactivity, or delay. <BR> <I>Ex. The Government would put in the deep freeze its program for authorizing a new subsidized fleet (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="deepfreeze">
<B>deep-freeze, </B>verb, <B>-froze</B> or <B>-freezed,</B> <B>-frozen</B> or <B>-freezed,</B> <B>-freezing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to freeze and store for later use. <BR> <I>Ex. It had been caught, filleted, skinned, and deep-frozen in a factory trawler some 2,000 miles away (Listener).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a box or container for freezing and storing food; freezer. </DL>
<A NAME="deepfreezer">
<B>deep-freezer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=deep-freeze.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person or thing that deep-freezes. </DL>
<A NAME="deepfry">
<B>deep-fry, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fried,</B> <B>-frying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to fry in deep fat. noun <B>deep-fryer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="deepie">
<B>deepie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) a three-dimensional motion picture; 3-D film. </DL>
<A NAME="deepish">
<B>deepish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> somewhat deep. <BR> <I>Ex. He took a deepish breath and waited (J. D. Salinger).</I> </DL>
<B>deep-mouthed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having a deep, sonorous voice. <BR> <I>Ex. The deep-mouth'd bloodhound's heavy bay (Scott).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>deep and sonorous, as the baying of a hound. <BR> <I>Ex. deep-mouth'd welcome (Byron).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="deeppocket">
<B>deep pocket,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a person or company with strong financial resources. <BR> <I>Ex. A "deep pocket" is an entity that is perceived to have large assets and insurance (Christian Science Monitor).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>Usually, <B>deep pockets.</B> a large amount of capital; strong financial resources. <BR> <I>Ex. By bringing in a partner with deep pockets, ... the company was in a position to offer a more attractive deal (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="deeprooted">
<B>deep-rooted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>deeply rooted. <BR> <I>Ex. a tall and deep-rooted tree.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) firmly fixed. <BR> <I>Ex. deep-rooted traditions. Many people have a deep-rooted fear of snakes.</I> (SYN) established, ingrained, confirmed. </DL>
<A NAME="deepscatteringlayer">
<B>deep scattering layer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> microscopic marine organisms that form a layer deep in the ocean, causing a reflection of sonar impulses similar to those detected from reflections off the ocean floor and often confused with them. </DL>
<A NAME="deepsea">
<B>deep-sea, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or in the deeper parts of the sea. <BR> <I>Ex. a deep-sea diver, deep-sea biological research.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="deepseaangler">
<B>deep-sea angler,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an angler fish having a large head and mouth, sharp teeth, and a luminous gland at the tip of a stalk that rises from the end of the snout. </DL>
