What does deepen mean?
Deepen means (transitive) To make deep or deeper.
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/ˈdiːpən/ · verb
(transitive) To make deep or deeper.
They deepened the well by 200 feet.
The event deepened the prevailing gloom.
News of her death deepened my sorrow.
The tuner deepened the tone of the organ.
The class deepened my understanding of the subject.
The shared experiences deepened our relationship.
The hypnotist then proceeded to deepen his trance.
The water deepens as you go toward the middle of the channel.
Use deepen when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Deepen means (transitive) To make deep or deeper.
Common synonyms include depthen, change, intensify, compound.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They deepened the well by 200 feet.
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