profound

  1. Adjective.  Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
  2. Adjective.  Very deep; very serious.
  3. 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.
  4. Adjective.  Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
  5. Adjective.  Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
  6. Noun.  (obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
  7. Noun.  (obsolete) An abyss.
  8. Verb.  (obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
  9. Verb.  (obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.

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