[depth] n, pl depths [ME, prob. fr. dep deep] (14c) 1 a (1): a deep place in a body of water (2): a part that is far from the outside or surface "the ~s of the woods" (3): abyss
2. b (1): a profound or intense state (as of thought or feeling) "the ~s of misery"; also: a reprehensibly low condition "hadn't realized that standards had fallen to such ~s" (2): the middle of a time (as winter) (3): the worst part
2. a: the perpendicular measurement downward from a surface b: the direct linear measurement from front to back
3: the quality of being deep
4: the degree of intensity "~ of a color"; also: the quality of being profound (as in insight) or full (as of knowledge)
5: the quality or state of being complete or thorough "a study will be made in ~" -- depth.less adj