1. (noun) depth, deepness
the extent downward or backward or inward
"the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"
2. (noun) depth
degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
3. (noun) depth
(usually plural) the deepest and most remote part
"from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space"
4. (noun) depth
(usually plural) a low moral state
"he had sunk to the depths of addiction"
5. (noun) astuteness, profundity, profoundness, depth, deepness
the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
6. (noun) depth
the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense
"the depth of his breathing"; "the depth of his sighs," "the depth of his emotion"
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