clutch vs deep

clutch

noun
  • An important or critical situation. 

  • The claw of a predatory animal or bird. 

  • A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs. 

  • A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. 

  • A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).) 

  • A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle. 

  • A group or bunch (of people or things). 

  • Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle. 

  • A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil. 

  • The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels. 

  • A difficult maneuver 

verb
  • To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity. 

  • To hatch. 

  • To seize, as though with claws. 

  • To grip or grasp tightly. 

  • To win in a 1vX (one versus X) situation. 

adj
  • Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations. 

deep

noun
  • The profound part of a problem. 

  • A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss. 

  • A deep shade of colour. 

  • A silent time; quiet isolation. 

  • The deep part of a lake, sea, etc. 

  • A fielding position near the boundary. 

  • The sea, the ocean. 

adj
  • In a (specified) number of rows or layers. 

  • Positioned or reaching far, especially down through something or into something. 

  • Voluminous. 

  • Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction away from a point of reference. 

  • Low in pitch. 

  • Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference. 

  • Distant in the past, ancient. 

  • Significant, not superficial, in extent. 

  • Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads. 

  • Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively. 

  • Penetrating a long way, especially a long way forward. 

  • Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure. 

  • Positioned back, or downfield, towards one's own goal, or towards or behind one's baseline or similar reference point. 

  • Thick. 

  • Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious. 

  • Extending to a level or length equivalent to the stated thing. 

  • Highly saturated; rich. 

  • Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken). 

  • Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. 

adv
  • In a profound, not superficial, manner. 

  • In large volume. 

  • Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar. 

  • Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively. 

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