deepen

1. Make more intense, stronger, or more marked (synset 200227591)
   "The efforts were intensified"; "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
   causes: deepen, intensify - become more intense
   is a type of: increase - become bigger or greater in amount
   subtypes:

   • heat up, hot up, screw up - make more intense
   • fan - make (an emotion) fiercer
   • enhance, heighten, raise - increase
   • amplify - increase the volume of
   • sharpen - make crisp or more crisp and precise
   • heighten, sharpen - make (one's senses) more acute
   same as: compound, heighten, intensify
2. Become more intense (synset 200226992)
   "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
   is a type of: increase - become bigger or greater in amount
   subtypes:

   • build - develop and grow
   • redouble - make twice as great or intense
   • break open, burst out, erupt, flare, flare up, irrupt - erupt or intensify suddenly
   • condense - become more compact or concentrated
   • sharpen - become sharp or sharper
   • accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up - move faster
   same as: intensify
3. Make deeper (synset 200571601)
   "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"
   is a type of: enlarge - make larger
4. Become deeper in tone (synset 200552287)
   "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
   is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   same as: change

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