deepen

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verb

1. make more intense, stronger, or more marked (Freq. 1)
- The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
- Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
- This event only deepened my convictions
• Syn:
intensify, compound, heighten
• Derivationally related forms:
intensity (for: intensify), intensification (for: intensify), intensifier (for: intensify)
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Hyponyms:
heat up, hot up, screw up, fan, enhance,
heighten, raise, amplify, sharpen
• Cause:
intensify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. become more intense (Freq. 1)
- The debate intensified
- His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan
• Syn:
intensify
• Derivationally related forms:
intensity (for: intensify), intensification (for: intensify)
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Hyponyms:
build, redouble, erupt, irrupt, flare up,
flare, break open, burst out, condense, sharpen, accelerate,
speed up, speed, quicken
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. make deeper
- They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it
• Derivationally related forms:
deepening
• Hypernyms:
enlarge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. become deeper in tone
- His voice began to change when he was 12 years old
- Her voice deepened when she whispered the password
• Syn:
change
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  change, intensify, compound, heighten