vverb.changemake more intense, stronger, or more markedSynset:compound heighten intensify
Examples:- The efforts were intensified
- Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
- Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
- This event only deepened my convictions
Derivationally Related Form:intensifierintensificationintensity
Hypernyms:increase
Inherited Hypernyms:intensifyincreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:amplifyenhancefanheat upheightenhot upraisescrew upsharpen
Causes:deepen intensify
Full Troponyms:amplifyenhancefanheat uppotentiatesharpensubtilize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome more intenseSynset:intensify
Examples:- The debate intensified
- His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan
Derivationally Related Form:intensificationintensity
Hypernyms:increase
Inherited Hypernyms:intensifyincreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:acceleratebreak openbuildburst outcondenseeruptflareflare upirruptquickenredoublesharpenspeedspeed up
Full Troponyms:acceleratebriskbuildcondenseeruptredoublesharpen
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changemake deeperExamples:- They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it
Derivationally Related Form:deepening
Hypernyms:enlarge
Inherited Hypernyms:deepenenlargeincreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome deeper in toneSynset:change
Examples:- His voice began to change when he was 12 years old
- Her voice deepened when she whispered the password
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:deepenchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s