| VERB | change | strengthen, beef up, fortify | make strong or stronger |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | strengthen | gain strength | |
| body | strengthen, tone, tone up | give a healthy elasticity to |
| Sounds | streh'ngthahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | make strong or stronger. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
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| Synonyms | beef up, fortify | |
| Cause to | strengthen | gain strength |
| Narrower | batten | Secure with battens |
| batten, batten down, secure | Furnish with battens | |
| brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise | support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace / brace | |
| buttress | make stronger or defensible | |
| confirm | make more firm | |
| reinforce, reenforce | make stronger | |
| restrengthen | make strong again | |
| ruggedize, ruggedise | produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage | |
| substantiate | solidify, firm, or strengthen | |
| undergird, brace up | make secure underneath | |
| vitalize, vitalise | make more lively or vigorous | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | weaken | lessen the strength of |
| Spanish | consolidar, fortalecer, reforzar | |
| Catalan | consolidar, enfortir, reforçar | |
| Nouns | strengthener | a device designed to provide additional strength |
| strengthening | the act of increasing the strength of something | |
| Meaning | gain strength. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "His body strengthened" | |
| Caused by | strengthen, beef up, fortify | make strong or stronger |
| Narrower | back | strengthen by providing with a back or backing |
| consolidate | make firm or secure | |
| proof | make resistant (to harm) | |
| sandbag | protect or strengthen with sandbags | |
| toughen | make tough / tough / tough / tough or tougher / tougher / tougher / tougher | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Opposite | weaken | Become weaker |
| Spanish | consolidar, fortalecer, reforzarse, reforzar, robustecer | |
| Catalan | consolidar, enfortir, fortificar, reforçar | |
| Nouns | strengthening | becoming stronger |
| Meaning | Give a healthy elasticity to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | tone, tone up | |
| Broader | exercise, work out | Do physical exercise |
| Spanish | desentumecer, distender, estirarse, estirar, fortalecer, hacer ejercicio, tonificar | |
| Catalan | desentumir, distendre, estirar-se, estirar | |
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