depth

Definition

  • noun: a distance below a surface
  • noun: a deep place in a body of water
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: deepness, profoundness, abundance

Examples

  • The team is 'reaching/plumbing new depths' this season. [=the team is playing worse than it ever has before]

  • The memory lies hidden in 'the depths of her mind'. [=she has not thought about the memory in a long time]

  • I knew in 'the depths of my heart/soul/being' [=I believed very strongly] that we would survive.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) "Apply to the G-Bank for your remaining wages..." "Father, do you know what it means to be dismissed by you? -- It means: Go below! - Father! - go below! Into the depths--!" "Do you know what it means to be dismissed like that by Joh Fredersen?" "Do you want to work for me, Josaphat?" (..)
    1927 Metropolis
  • (..) "...and where are the people, father, whose hands built your city---?" "Where they belong..." "...where they belong...?" "...in the depths...?" "And if those in the depths should rise up against you?" "The chief foreman of the Heart Machine, Grot - with an important message..." (..)
    1927 Metropolis