Depth | Mean of depth in English Dictionary

/ˈdɛpθ/

• Noun
• a distance below a surface
1. These fish typically live at depths of 500 feet or more.
2. Students will test the temperature of the water at different/varying/various depths.
3. shallow/great depths
4. The boat sank to a depth of several hundred feet.
5. measuring the depth of the water/river/sea
6. the depth of a hole
7. The pool has a depth of 12 feet.
8. The pool is 12 feet in depth. [=12 feet deep]
• the distance from the front of something to the back
1. Measure the height, width, and depth of the cabinet.
2. The bench's depth is 22 inches.
• an area that exists far below a surface or far inside something
1. They disappeared into the depths of the forest.
2. Scientists have begun using the machine to explore the ocean depths.
3. the black depths of outer space
4. The actress must examine her own emotional depths to perform the role successfully.
5. Around midnight, a loud noise woke us from the depths of sleep.
6. I knew in the depths of my heart/soul/being [=I believed very strongly] that we would survive.
7. The memory lies hidden in the depths of her mind. [=she has not thought about the memory in a long time]
8. in the depths of winter [=in the middle of winter; in the coldest part of winter]

• a very low or bad state or condition
1. After losing his job, he sank into the depths of misery/despair/depression.
2. The film portrays a family's difficult climb from the depths of poverty.
3. I can't believe he lied. He's really sunk to new depths.
4. The team is reaching/plumbing new depths this season. [=the team is playing worse than it ever has before]
• the worst part of something
1. I began working at the factory during the depth/depths of the Depression.
• the quality of being deep: such as
• the quality of being strongly felt
1. We were surprised by the depth of her anger/pain/shame.
2. He wanted to express the depth of his love for her.
3. No one doubted the depth of his faith. [=they all knew that his faith was strong]
4. the depth of her commitment to the project
5. The dancers expressed great depth of feeling/emotion.
• the quality of being very bad or serious
1. I was shocked when I realized the depth of the problem.
• the quality of being complete or thorough
1. We were impressed by the depth [=extent] of her experience/knowledge.
2. Your essay lacks depth. [=it does not cover its topic in a complete way]
• the quality of being strong in color, taste, etc.
1. the depth of a color
2. The wine has great depth of flavor.
• the quality of being low in sound
1. the depth of his voice
• the quality of having many good players on a team
1. The team lacks depth this year.
• in a thorough or complete way
1. The problem has yet to be examined/explored/studied in depth. [=thoroughly]
2. These topics need to be discussed in (more/greater) depth.
• dealing with a situation or subject that is too difficult for you
1. When the debate turned to physics, I knew that I was out of my depth. [=in over my head]
• in water that is deeper than your height
1. He is just getting used to swimming in water that is out of his depth. [=over his head]