deepen

/ˈdiːpən/ verbo B2

En español: ahondar

To make deep or deeper (transitive) · They deepened the well by 200 feet.
To make darker or more intense; to darken (transitive) · The event deepened the prevailing gloom.
To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree (transitive) · News of her death deepened my sorrow.
To make lower in tone (transitive) · The tuner deepened the tone of the organ.
To make more thorough or extensive. (transitive) · The class deepened my understanding of the subject.
To make more intimate. (transitive) · The shared experiences deepened our relationship.
To make more sound or heavy. (transitive) · The hypnotist then proceeded to deepen his trance.
To become deeper (intransitive) · The water deepens as you go toward the middle of the channel.

He/she/it deepens · Pasado deepened · Participio pasado deepened · Forma en -ing deepening

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Formas del verbo

Forma base: deepen
He/she/it: deepens
Pasado: deepened
Participio pasado: deepened
Forma en -ing: deepening

De la biblioteca

As the weeks went by, my interest in him and my curiosity as to his aims in life, gradually deepened and increased.

A Study in Scarlet, p. 12 · B2

A big round moon, slowly deepening from her pallid luster into burnished silver, hung over the Haunted Wood; the air was full of sweet summer sounds--sleepy birds twittering, freakish breezes, faraway voices and laughter.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 275 · C1

They all tend to deepen the impression upon my mind that the Cunninghams, father and son, had written this letter.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 50 · B2

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