STRENGTHEN


Meaning of STRENGTHEN in English

v. 25B6; verb

calcium strengthens growing bones : MAKE STRONG/STRONGER, build up, give strength to.

engineers strengthened the walls : REINFORCE, make stronger, buttress, shore up, underpin.

strengthened glass : TOUGHEN, temper, anneal.

the wind had strengthened : BECOME STRONG/STRONGER, gain strength, intensify, pick up.

his insistence strengthened her determination : FORTIFY, bolster, make stronger, boost, reinforce, harden, stiffen, toughen, fuel.

they strengthened their efforts : STEP UP, increase, escalate; informal up, crank up, beef up.

the argument is strengthened by this evidence : REINFORCE, lend more weight to; support, back up, confirm, bear out, corroborate.

weaken.

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