Deep, shallow

Words related to being deep or shallow: how far something such as a hole extends below the ground or other surface, or how far something is below the surface of the water.

• What words describe something that is deep?
  deep deeply deep-seated in the depths deep down
• What words describe something that is very deep?
  bottomless
• What words describe how deep something is for a person?
  knee-deep waist-deep over your head out of your depth
• What words refer to a deep place?
  the depths channel trench gulf abyss
• What words refer to something becoming deep?
  deepen get deeper
• What words refer to making something deep?
  deepen dredge dig out
• What words refer to being deeper than another thing?
  deeper deepest
• What words refer to how deep something is?
  depth
• What words indicate how deep something is?
  how deep be (ten feet) deep (ten feet) in depth at a depth of (ten feet) plunge (ten feet)
• What words refer to measuring how deep something is?
  take a sounding plumb
• What instruments are used to measure how deep something is?
  plumb line
• What words refer to a unit of depth?
  fathom
• What words describe something that is shallow?
  shallow not deep skin-deep superficial surface
• What words refer to a shallow place?
  shallows shoal