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1. (n.) abyss
a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm.
2. abyss
the lowest or most hopeless depths.
3. abyss
(in ancient cosmogony)
4. abyss
the infernal regions; hell.
Etymology: (1350–1400; earlier abisse, ME abissus < LL abyssus < Gk ábyssos bottomless)
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| Definition of 'Abyss' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) abyss, abysm
a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Abyss
a bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit
2. (noun) Abyss
infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth
3. (noun) Abyss
the center of an escutcheon
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| Definitions of 'Abyss' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Abyss
1. The measureless gulf between literature and the American magazine.
2. The distance between a thinker and an editorial writer.
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Sense: a very deep or bottomless hole or chasm.
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 Afrikaans: bodemlose diepte |
 Arabic: هَاوِيَة |
 Bulgarian: бездна |
 Brazilian: abismo |
 Czech: propast |
 German: der Abgrund |
 Danish: afgrund |
 Greek: άβυσσος |
 Spanish: abismo |
 Estonian: kuristik |
 Farsi: گودال عمیق |
 Finnish: syvänne |
 French: abîme |
 Hebrew: תְהוֹם |
 Hindi: गहरा कुंड, गर्त्त |
 Croatian: bezdan |
 Hungarian: végtelen mélység |
 Indonesian: sangat dalam |
 Icelandic: hyldÿpi; tómið |
 Italian: abisso |
 Japanese: 深淵 |
 Korean: 심연 |
 Lithuanian: bedugnė, praraja |
 Latvian: bezdibenis |
 Malay: jurang yang amat dalam |
 Dutch: afgrond |
 Norwegian: avgrunn |
 Polish: przepaść, otchłań |
 Persian: گودال عمیق |
 Pashto: ژور ځاى |
 Portuguese: abismo |
 Romanian: abis |
 Russian: пропасть |
 Slovak: priepasť, hlbina |
 Slovenian: brezno |
 Serbian: ponor |
 Swedish: avgrund |
 Thai: หุบเหวลึก |
 Turkish: uçurum |
 Taiwanese: 深淵 |
 Ukrainian: прірва, безодня |
 Urdu: عمیق |
 Vietnamese: thăm thẳm |
 Chinese: 深渊 |
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