deepen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deepen	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for deepen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deepen v make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" Synonym(s): intensify, compound, heighten, deepen become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" Synonym(s): intensify, deepen make deeper; "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it" become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password" Synonym(s): deepen, change
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deepen \Deep"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deepened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deepening}.] 1. To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel. It would . . . deepen the bed of the Tiber. --Addison. 2. To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom. You must deepen your colors. --Peacham. 3. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow. 4. To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ. Deepens the murmur of the falling floods. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deepen \Deep"en\, v. i. To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens. His blood-red tresses deepening in the sun. --Byron.