deepeningn.

/ˈdiːp(ə)nɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of deepen v.

ΚΠ

1785 J. Phillips Treat. Inland Navigation 45 The cleansing and deepening would be exactly the same..expence.

1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 360 The draining off of the water, by the deepening of the outlet.

1884 Athenæum 1 Nov. 558/1 The gradual deepening of the mystery.

attributive.1767 Downes Specif. Patent 872 A certain instrument or tool called a deepening tool.

†2. Painting. The process of intensifying colour or shadow; a shaded part of a picture. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > modifying tone > deepening or heightening

deepening1622

heightening1662

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman 114 White Lead for the heightening, and Smalt for your deepening, or darkest shaddow.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 275 To adde unto their workes some shadowes and deepnings.

1669 A. Browne Ars Pictoria (1675) 84 The strong touches and deepnings.

3. A depression in a surface.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > action of making indentation > an indentation on a surface

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1859 R. F. Burton Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 314 The bridge of the nose is..not without a deepening in the interorbital portion.

1880 J. Caird Introd. Philos. Relig. vii. 192 Dints, marks, spatial deepenings and elevations.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

deepeningadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdeepening.

That deepens; becoming deep or deeper: see deepen v. 2.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > becoming deep(er)

deepening1769

1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) i. 11 Ere yet the deepening incidents prevail.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 38 The deepening gloom.

1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. i. 2 Against the deepening crimson of the sky.

Derivatives

ˈdeepeningly adv.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adverb] > deeper

deepeningly1878

1878 A. B. Grosart in H. More Compl. Poems Introd. 19/2 The same impression is inevitable in reading More..and deepeningly as you ponder his Poetry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	deepening
释义	deepeningn. /ˈdiːp(ə)nɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of deepen v. ΚΠ 1785 J. Phillips Treat. Inland Navigation 45 The cleansing and deepening would be exactly the same..expence. 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 360 The draining off of the water, by the deepening of the outlet. 1884 Athenæum 1 Nov. 558/1 The gradual deepening of the mystery. attributive.1767 Downes Specif. Patent 872 A certain instrument or tool called a deepening tool. †2. Painting. The process of intensifying colour or shadow; a shaded part of a picture. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > modifying tone > deepening or heightening deepening1622 heightening1662 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman 114 White Lead for the heightening, and Smalt for your deepening, or darkest shaddow. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 275 To adde unto their workes some shadowes and deepnings. 1669 A. Browne Ars Pictoria (1675) 84 The strong touches and deepnings. 3. A depression in a surface. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > action of making indentation > an indentation on a surface hollowc897 printa1387 impression1398 puncha1430 dent1565 dint1590 dinge1611 doke1615 impressurea1616 depressure1626 depression1665 dawk1678 swage1680 indent1690 sinking1712 dunkle1788 indenture1793 delve1811 subsidation1838 indention1839 recess1839 indentation1847 incavation1852 deepening1859 sink1875 malleation1881 ding1922 1859 R. F. Burton Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 314 The bridge of the nose is..not without a deepening in the interorbital portion. 1880 J. Caird Introd. Philos. Relig. vii. 192 Dints, marks, spatial deepenings and elevations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). deepeningadj. Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdeepening. That deepens; becoming deep or deeper: see deepen v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > becoming deep(er) deepening1769 1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) i. 11 Ere yet the deepening incidents prevail. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 38 The deepening gloom. 1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. i. 2 Against the deepening crimson of the sky. Derivatives ˈdeepeningly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adverb] > deeper deepeningly1878 1878 A. B. Grosart in H. More Compl. Poems Introd. 19/2 The same impression is inevitable in reading More..and deepeningly as you ponder his Poetry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1622adj.1769
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