'Deepening' definitions:

Definition of 'deepening'

From: WordNet
adjective
Accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk" [syn: deepening(a), thickening(a)]
noun
A process of becoming deeper and more profound

Definition of 'Deepening'

From: GCIDE
  • Deepen \Deep"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deepened; p. pr. & vb. n. Deepening.]
  • 1. To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel. [1913 Webster]
  • It would . . . deepen the bed of the Tiber. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom. [1913 Webster]
  • You must deepen your colors. --Peacham. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ. [1913 Webster]
  • Deepens the murmur of the falling floods. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

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