| slovo | definícia |
heighten
(mass) | heighten
- zvýšiť |
heighten
(encz) | heighten,vystupňovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
heighten
(encz) | heighten,zvýšit v: Zdeněk Brož |
heighten
(encz) | heighten,zvýšit se v: luno |
Heighten
(gcide) | Heighten \Height"en\ (h[imac]t"'n), v. t. [Written also
highten.] [imp. & p. p. Heightened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Heightening.]
1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
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2. 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. "To heighten our confusion."
--Addison.
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An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to
the miraculous. --Hawthorne.
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heighten
(wn) | heighten
v 1: become more extreme; "The tension heightened" [syn:
heighten, rise]
2: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity;
"heightened interest"
3: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the
tension" [syn: enhance, heighten, raise]
4: increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the
steadily heightened bars"
5: make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your
vision" [syn: sharpen, heighten]
6: 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" [syn: intensify,
compound, heighten, deepen] |
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heighten
(mass) | heighten
- zvýšiť |
heightening
(mass) | heightening
- zvýšenie |
heighten
(encz) | heighten,vystupňovat v: Zdeněk Brožheighten,zvýšit v: Zdeněk Brožheighten,zvýšit se v: luno |
heightened
(encz) | heightened,zvýšený Jaroslav Šedivý |
heightening
(encz) | heightening,zvýšení n: Zdeněk Brož |
deepeningprenominal heighteningprenominal
(gcide) | intensifying \intensifying\ adj.
increasing in strength or intensity. [Narrower terms:
{aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating ; {augmentative,
enhancive}; {deepening(prenominal), heightening(prenominal)
] moderating
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Heightened
(gcide) | Heighten \Height"en\ (h[imac]t"'n), v. t. [Written also
highten.] [imp. & p. p. Heightened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Heightening.]
1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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. "To heighten our confusion."
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to
the miraculous. --Hawthorne.
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Heightener
(gcide) | Heightener \Height"en*er\, n. [Written also hightener.]
One who, or that which, heightens.
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Heightening
(gcide) | Heighten \Height"en\ (h[imac]t"'n), v. t. [Written also
highten.] [imp. & p. p. Heightened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Heightening.]
1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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. "To heighten our confusion."
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to
the miraculous. --Hawthorne.
[1913 Webster] |
heighten
(wn) | heighten
v 1: become more extreme; "The tension heightened" [syn:
heighten, rise]
2: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity;
"heightened interest"
3: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the
tension" [syn: enhance, heighten, raise]
4: increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the
steadily heightened bars"
5: make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your
vision" [syn: sharpen, heighten]
6: 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" [syn: intensify,
compound, heighten, deepen] |
heightening
(wn) | heightening
adj 1: reaching a higher intensity; "their heightening fears" |
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