deep·en
deep·en/ˈdēpən/
verb
make or become deep or deeper.
"the crisis deepened"
synonyms: grow, increase, intensify, strengthen, escalate, mushroom, snowball, add to, heighten, reinforce, enhance, boost, magnify, amplify, augment, enrich, promote, encourage, exacerbate, aggravate, inflame, worsen, make/become worse, hot up, step up, dig out, make deeper, dig deeper, scoop out, scrape out, hollow out, excavate
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What is the meaning of the word deepen?
deepen verb (DOWN)
to make something deeper, or to become deeper: One way of preventing farther flooding would be to deepen the river bed.
What does to be deepen mean?
to become more strongly felt or experienced, or to make something this way: [ I ] Over the years, her love for him deepened. (Definition of deepen from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
What does deepen into mean?
[intransitive, transitive] deepen (something) (into something) if an emotion or a feeling deepens, or if something deepens it, it becomes stronger. Their friendship soon deepened into love.
What is a synonym for deepen?
aggravate develop enhance expand heighten increase intensify redouble reinforce strengthen. Strong matches.
transitive verb. : to make deep or deeper. intransitive verb. : to become deeper or more profound.
DEEPEN meaning: 1. to make something deeper, or to become deeper: 2. to become more strongly felt or experienced…. Learn more.
verb (used with or without object). to make or become deep or deeper: deep: Larger ships will be able to navigate the river after the main channel is deepened.
1. transitive verb/intransitive verb If a situation or emotion deepens or if something deepens it, it becomes stronger and more intense.
To make (something) deep or deeper in spatial extent; to increase the depth of something. Also (and earliest) in to deepen (her, its) water.
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1. to become or to cause (something) to become deep or deeper [+ object] They deepened the river so that larger boats could sail through.
deepen · verb. make deeper. “They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it” · verb. become deeper in tone. “Her voice deepened when she ...
deepen (something) (into something) if an emotion or a feeling deepens, or if something deepens it, it becomes stronger.
to become more strongly felt or experienced, or to make something this way: Over the years, her love for him deepened.
verb. ˈdē-pən. Definition of deepen. as in to intensify. to make markedly greater in measure or degree this book really deepens our knowledge of how the brain ...
