Deepening: alternatives and connections

of Intensify

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

of Intensify

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

of Thicken

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.