About The Word Deepen
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Deepen
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What's The Definition Of Deepen?
[v] become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
[v] 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" [v] become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password" [v] make deeper; "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it" Synonyms | Synonyms for Deepen: change | compound | heighten | intensify Related Terms | Find terms related to Deepen: accelerate | agent provocateur | aggravate | amplify | annoy | augment | beef up | blow up | broaden | build up | burrow | complicate | concentrate | condense | consolidate | countersink | depress | deteriorate | dig | dig out | dive | double | dredge | drill | embitter | enhance | enlarge | exacerbate | exaggerate | exasperate | excavate | expand | extend | heat up | heighten | hop up | hot up | increase | intensify | irritate | jazz up | key up | lower | magnify | make acute | make complex | make worse | mine | mount | outspread | outstretch | provoke | ramify | redouble | reinforce | rise | rouse | scoop out | sharpen | sink | soup up | sour | spread | spread out | step up | strengthen | triple | tunnel | whet | widen | worsen See Also | accelerate | amplify | break open | build | burst out | condense | deepen | enhance | enlarge | erupt | fan | flare | flare up | heat up | hot up | increase | quicken | raise | redouble | screw up | sharpen | speed | speed up Deepen In Webster's Dictionary \Deep"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deepened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Deepening}.]
1. To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink
lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.
It would . . . deepen the bed of the Tiber.
--Addison.
2. To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event
deepened the prevailing gloom.
You must deepen your colors. --Peacham.
3. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree;
as, to deepen grief or sorrow.
4. To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones
of an organ.
Deepens the murmur of the falling floods. --Pope.
\Deep"en\, v. i. To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens. His blood-red tresses deepening in the sun. --Byron. |
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