Profound /(?)/

Pro·found

Profound

a.
  1. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
  2. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
  3. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
    Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt.
  4. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
    What humble gestures! What profound reverence!
    — Duppa.

Profound

n.
  1. The deep; the sea; the ocean.
    God in the fathomless profound Hath all this choice commanders drowned.
    — Sandys.
  2. An abyss.

Profound

v. t.
  1. To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down. [Obs.]

Profound

v. i.
  1. To dive deeply; to penetrate. [Obs.]