strengthen

“This exercise will strengthen your upper body”

“strengthen the relations between the two countries”

Types:: show 17 types...; hide 17 types...; vitalise, vitalize
make more lively or vigorous; ruggedise, ruggedize
produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage; substantiate
solidify, firm, or strengthen; restrengthen
make strong again; brace up, undergird
make secure underneath; confirm
make more firm; reenforce, reinforce
make stronger; buttress
make stronger or defensible; brace, stabilise, stabilize, steady
support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; batten
secure with battens; batten, batten down, secure
furnish with battens; buttress
reinforce with a buttress; line
reinforce with fabric; bolster, bolster up
support and strengthen; ballast
make steady with a ballast; guy
steady or support with a guy wire or cable; mine
lay mines

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

“His body strengthened”

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; consolidate
make firm or secure; strengthen; proof
make resistant (to harm); back
strengthen by providing with a back or backing; sandbag
protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up; toughen
make tough or tougher; bombproof
make safe against bombings; bulletproof
make bulletproof; child-proof, childproof
make safe against children; foolproof, goof-proof, goofproof
proof against human misuse or error; fireproof
make resistant to fire; weatherproof
make resistant to bad weather; harden, season
make fit

Type of:: change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

DEFINITIONS OF: strengthen