Dictionary Entry
strengthen
strengthen is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority.
- 2transitive verb
To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.
- 3intransitive verb
To grow strong or stronger.
- 4verb
give a healthy elasticity to
"Let's tone our muscles"
Synonyms
- 5verb
gain strength
"His body strengthened"
- 6verb
make strong or stronger
"This exercise will strengthen your upper body"
"strengthen the relations between the two countries"
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