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Collocations for deep - adj.

1. a long way from top to bottom/front to back

VERBS

be, look
The water looks very deep there.

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.

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2. low in tone

VERBS

be, sound
Her voice sounded very deep on the telephone.
become

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.

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3. strongly felt

VERBS

be, go, run
This suspicion runs very deep among some government members.
become

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.

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Deep is used with these nouns:
ache, admiration, affection, ambivalence, anger, anguish, antipathy, anxiety, appreciation, armchair, attachment, awareness, baritone, bitterness, black, blush, boom, bow, bowl, breath, breathing, brim, brown, carpet, casserole, cave, cellar, chair, channel, chasm, chestnut, chill, chuckle, colour, coma, commitment, compassion, concentration, concern, condolences, connection, contemplation, contempt, contentment, conversation, conviction, crack, crater, crease, crimson, cross, cupboard, cut, cynicism, darkness, depression, desire, despair, devotion, disagreement, disappointment, discount, discussion, dish, dislike, dismay, dissatisfaction, distaste, distress, distrust, ditch, dive, divide, division, drawer, drawl, drift, emotion, empathy, end, exploration, eye, faith, fascination, fear, feeling, flush, fold, foreboding, forest, foundation, freeze, freezer, friendship, frown, gash, gloom, gratitude, grave, grief, groan, groove, growl, gulf, gulp, happiness, harbour, hatred, hibernation, hole, hollow, hope, hostility, hunger, hurt, impression, incision, insecurity, insight, instinct, interest, intimacy, involvement, kiss, knowledge, lake, laugh, layer, level, line, loathing, longing, love, mark, meaning, meditation, mine, misgivings, mistrust, moan, mourning, mud, mystery, ocean, pan, pass, passion, penetration, pessimism, pit, pleasure, pocket, pool, prejudice, purple, recess, recession, red, reflection, regard, regret, relaxation, relief, reluctance, remorse, resentment, reservation, reserve, reservoir, respect, reverence, revulsion, rift, river, roar, root, rumble, rut, sadness, satisfaction, scar, scepticism, scratch, sea, secret, sedation, sense, sentiment, seriousness, shade, shadow, shaft, shame, shelf, shock, shudder, sigh, significance, silence, sincerity, skillet, sleep, slump, sniff, snow, sob, sofa, soil, sorrow, sound, space, split, suspicion, swig, sympathy, tan, tenderness, thinker, thinking, thought, tone, track, trance, trench, trouble, trough, truth, unconsciousness, undergrowth, understanding, unease, unhappiness, valley, voice, void, water, well, whiff, wisdom, wood, wound, wrinkle, yawn, yearning

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Collocations for deep - adv.

Deep is used with these verbs:
bite, burrow, bury, dig, dive, penetrate, probe, sink, strike, thrust, venture

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