(~s, reinforcing, ~d)
1.
If something ~s a feeling, situation, or process, it makes it stronger or more intense.
A stronger European Parliament would, they fear, only ~ the power of the larger countries...
VERB: V n
2.
If something ~s an idea or point of view, it provides more evidence or support for it.
The delegation hopes to ~ the idea that human rights are not purely internal matters.
VERB: V n
3.
To ~ an object means to make it stronger or harder.
Eventually, they had to ~ the walls with exterior beams.
VERB: V n with n
~d
Its windows were of ~d glass.
ADJ
4.
To ~ an army or a police force means to make it stronger by increasing its size or providing it with more weapons. To ~ a position or place means to make it stronger by sending more soldiers or weapons.
Both sides have been reinforcing their positions after yesterday’s fierce fighting...
VERB: V n