deepen
US: /ˈdipən/
UK: /dˈiːpən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
deepen /'di:pən/- ngoại động từ
- làm sâu hơn; đào sâu thêm
- to deepen a canal: đào sâu thêm con kênh
- làm tăng thêm, làm sâu sắc thêm, làm đậm đà thêm, làm đằm thắm thêm (tình cảm...)
- làm đậm thêm (mà sắc)
- làm trầm thêm (giọng nói)
- làm sâu hơn; đào sâu thêm
- nội động từ
- sâu thêm
- sâu sắc hơn, đậm đà hơn, đằm thắm hơn
- đậm thêm (màu sắc)
- trầm hơn nữa (giọng nói)
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb1 if an emotion or a feeling deepens, or if sth deepens it, it becomes stronger: [V] Their friendship soon deepened into love. [also VN]
2 to become worse; to make sth worse: [V] Warships were sent in as the crisis deepened. + a deepening economic recession [also VN]
3 [V] to become deeper; to make sth deeper: [V] The water deepened gradually. + His frown deepened. + [VN] There were plans to deepen a stretch of the river.
4 [VN] to improve your knowledge or understanding of sth: an opportunity for students to deepen their understanding of different cultures
5 [V, VN] if colour or light deepens or if sth deepens it, it becomes darker: deepening shadows
6 if a sound or voice deepens or if you deepen it, it becomes lower or you make it lower: [V] His voice deepened to a growl. [also VN]
7 [V] if your breathing deepens, you breathe more deeply than usual
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 dig out, burrow, sink, dredge, excavate, scoop (out):
We'll have to deepen the hole to support the flag-pole.
2 intensify, increase, concentrate, strengthen, expand, magnify:
The programme reflects a deepening interest in education.
Concise dictionary
deepens|deepened|deepening'diːpənverb
+make more intense, stronger, or more marked
+become more intense
+make deeper
+become deeper in tone
