To become more deep; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. To make deep or deeper; to sink lower; as, to deepen the channel of a river or harbor; to deepen a well.
2. To make dark or darker; to make more thick or gloomy; as, to deepen the shades of night; to deepen gloom.
3. To give a darker hue, or a stronger color; as, to deepen a color; to deepen a red, blue or crimson color.
4. To make more poignant or distressing; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.
5. To make more frightful; as, to deepen the horrors of the scene.
7. To make more grave; as, to deepen the tones of an organ.
To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.
1. To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.
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.
Made more deep.
Sinking lower; making more deep.
Increase Roget’s Thesaurus §35
N. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension, dilatation, increment, accretion, accession, development, growth, aggrandizement, aggravation, rise, ascent, exaggeration, exacerbation, spread, flood tide, gain, produce, product, profit
V. increase, augment, add to, enlarge, dilate, grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength, advance, run up, shoot up, rise, ascend, sprout, aggrandize, raise, exalt, deepen, heighten, strengthen, intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble, aggravate, exaggerate, exasperate, exacerbate, add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino, superadd, spread
Adj. increased, on the increase, undiminished, additional
Adv. crescendo
Phr. vires acquirit eundo
Depth Roget’s Thesaurus §208
N. depth, deepness, profundity, depression #, hollow, pit, shaft, well, crater, gulf, bowels of the earth, bottomless pit, hell, soundings, depth of water, water, draught, submersion, plummet, sound, probe, sounding rod, sounding line, lead, bathymetry, sonar, side-looking sonar, bathometer
V. be deep, render deep, deepen, plunge, sound, fathom, plumb, cast the lead, heave the lead, take soundings, make soundings, dig
Adj. deep, deep seated, profound, sunk, buried, submerged, subaqueous, submarine, subterranean, subterraneous, subterrene, underground, bottomless, soundless, fathomless, unfathomed, unfathomable, abysmal, deep as a well, bathycolpian, benthal, benthopelagic, downreaching, yawning, knee deep, ankle deep
Adv. beyond one's depth, out of one's depth, over head and ears, mark twine, mark twain
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