Hypertext Webster Gateway: "profound"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Profound \Pro*found"\, v. t.
To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far
down. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Profound \Pro*found"\, v. i.
To dive deeply; to penetrate. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Profound \Pro*found"\, a. [F. profond, L. profundus; pro before,
forward + fundus the bottom. See {Found} to establish,
{Bottom} lowest part.]
1. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a
great depth; deep. ``A gulf profound.'' --Milton.
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. ``Profound sciatica.'' --Shak.
Of the profound corruption of this class there can
be no doubt. --Milman.
4. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility;
lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
What humble gestures! What profound reverence!
--Duppa.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Profound \Pro*found"\, n.
1. The deep; the sea; the ocean.
God in the fathomless profound Hath all this choice
commanders drowned. --Sandys.
2. An abyss. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
profound
adj 1: showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from
the depths of your being; "the differences are
profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a
profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
[ant: {superficial}]
2: of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence";
"a state of profound shock"
3: far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the
nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human
values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental
changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing
spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes"
[syn: {fundamental}]
4: coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh"
5: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a
profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
[syn: {heavy}, {sound}, {wakeless}]
6: situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have
been sounded or plumbed; "the profound depths of the sea";
"the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray;
"unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded
caverns" [syn: {unfathomed}, {unplumbed}, {unsounded}]
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