deepen
dee puhn
- v make more intense, stronger, or more marked
This event only deepened my convictions - v become more intense
His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan - v make deeper
They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it - v become deeper in tone
Her voice deepened when she whispered the password
- The election and ordination of Gene Robinson was an event which many in the Communion had warned would deepen our divisions.
- Piero Angeloni, head of Palermo's police detective unit, says Lo Piccolo's arrest is likely to stall Sicilian efforts to deepen links with the "Americani.
- Stefansson's work could deepen our understanding of diseases that strike non-Icelanders.