Definitions of deepen
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make deeper“They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it”
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enlarge
make larger
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enlarge
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become deeper in tone
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make more intense, stronger, or more marked“This event only deepened my convictions”
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heat up, hot up, screw up
make more intense
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fan
make (an emotion) fiercer
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enhance, heighten, raise
increase
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amplify
increase the volume of
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sharpen
make crisp or more crisp and precise
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heighten, sharpen
make (one's senses) more acute
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potentiate
increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)
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subtilise, subtilize
make (senses) more keen
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increase
become bigger or greater in amount
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become more intense“His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan”
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intensify
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build
develop and grow
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redouble
make twice as great or intense
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break open, burst out, erupt, flare, flare up, irrupt
erupt or intensify suddenly
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condense
become more compact or concentrated
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sharpen
become sharp or sharper
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accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up
move faster
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brisk, brisk up, brisken
become brisk
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increase
become bigger or greater in amount
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