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Entry 8 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Profound

/prə-found′/ approx. · Pro·found · IPA /pɹəˈfaʊnd/
01 a. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
  1. 1.
    Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
  2. 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. 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.” — Milman.
  4. 4.
    Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
    “What humble gestures! What profound reverence!” — Duppa.
02 n. The deep; the sea; the ocean.
  1. 1.
    The deep; the sea; the ocean.
    “God in the fathomless profound Hath all this choice commanders drowned.” — Sandys.
  2. 2.
    An abyss.
03 v. t. To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
  1. 1.
    To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.[Obs.]
04 v. i. To dive deeply; to penetrate.
  1. 1.
    To dive deeply; to penetrate.[Obs.]