deepen – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
deepen
v.
make deeper; become deeper
deepen
Verb
1. make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
(synonym) intensify, compound, heighten
(hypernym) increase
(hyponym) heat up, hot up, screw up
(cause) intensify
2. become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
(synonym) intensify
(hypernym) increase
(hyponym) build
3. make deeper; "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"
(hypernym) enlarge
(derivation) deepening
4. become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
(synonym) change
(hypernym) change
deepen
v.
prohlubovat (se)
deepen
Czas.
pogłębiać (się)
Deepen
(v. t.)
To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.
(v. t.)
To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ.
(v. t.)
To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.
(v. t.)
To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom.
(v. i.)
To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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