FORTIFY


Meaning of FORTIFY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fɔ:(r)tɪfaɪ ]

( fortifies, fortifying, fortified)

1.

To fortify a place means to make it stronger and more difficult to attack, often by building a wall or ditch round it.

...British soldiers working to fortify an airbase in Bahrain.

VERB : V n

2.

If food or drink is fortified , another substance is added to it to make it healthier or stronger.

It has also been fortified with vitamin C...

...fortified cereal products.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed with n , V-ed

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