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Verb deepen has 4 senses
- deepen(v = verb.change) compound, heighten, intensify - make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified"; "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" is one way to increase
- deepen(v = verb.change) intensify - become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" is one way to increase
- deepen(v = verb.change) Array - make deeper; "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it" is one way to enlarge
- deepen(v = verb.change) change - become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password" is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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Derived form noun deepening1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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THESAURUS
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, worsenROGET THESAURUS
deepen
Increase
VB increase, augment, add to, enlarge, dilate, grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength, advance, run up, shoot up, rise, ascend, sprout, aggrandize, raise, exalt, deepen, heighten, strengthen, intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble, aggravate, exaggerate, exasperate, exacerbate, add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino, superadd, spread.Depth
VB be deep, render deep, deepen, plunge, sound, fathom, plumb, cast the lead, heave the lead, take soundings, make soundings, dig.
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