profound
- Adjective. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
- Adjective. Very deep; very serious.
- Adjective. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
- Adjective. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
- Adjective. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
- Noun. (obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
- Noun. (obsolete) An abyss.
- Verb. (obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
- Verb. (obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
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