intensify

intensify has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. t.. To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.
• v. i.. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
• v.. become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
• 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 in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
• v.. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark