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Definition of Deep water
1. Noun. Serious trouble.
Definition of Deep water
1. Noun. Waters suitable for deep-draft ships, especially ocean-going. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) A difficult or embarrassing situation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deep Water
Literary usage of Deep water
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Virginia Geological Survey, Virginia Division of Geology (1913)
"So while the ground water flows down a valley, the deep water may move in a
direction at right angles to the valley's trend. The deep circulation may extend ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1873)
"... Society of Edinburgh, in December and April last, on the deep-water temperature
of Loch Lomond, from observations made by him with ..."
3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"The common notion that limestone is normally a deep-water formation is a serious
error. ... Within the areas of deep water they are free and at the surface, ..."
4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"Within the areas of deep water they are free and at the surface, and their remains
drop to the bottom, if not sooner dissolved. ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1904)
"... which are in turn underlaid and overlaid by the true deep water marine beds
DD, and the time interval during which the single fresh water formation ..."
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