deepen
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make more intense, stronger, or more marked
The efforts were intensified
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- deepen causes
- intensification derivation
- intensiveness derivation
- intensifier derivation
Sense 2 verb
become more intense
The debate intensified
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- intensification derivation
- intensiveness derivation
Sense 3 verb
make deeper
They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it
Types & categories
- enlarge hypernym
Related & opposite
- deepening derivation
Sense 4 verb
become deeper in tone
His voice began to change when he was 12 years old
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | deepen |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensiveness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensifier |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | screw up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enhance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amplify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sharpen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heighten |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensiveness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | build |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | redouble |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | irrupt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | condense |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sharpen |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | quicken |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deepening |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | enlarge |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |