Definition of profound
- a. - Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to
a great depth; deep.
- a. - 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.
- a. - Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading;
overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
- a. - Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility;
lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
- n. - The deep; the sea; the ocean.
- n. - An abyss.
- v. t. - To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate
far down.
- v. i. - To dive deeply; to penetrate.