heighten

heighten has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• v. t.. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
• v. t.. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint.
• v.. make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
• v.. increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
• v.. make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
• v.. make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"
• v.. become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
• v.. increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"