Profound

Profound - Other Definitions

• (a.) Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
  
  
• (a.) 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.
  
  
• (a.) Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
  
  
• (a.) Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
  
  
• (n.) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
  
  
• (n.) An abyss.
  
  
• (v. t.) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
  
  
• (v. i.) To dive deeply; to penetrate.