Associations to the word «Strengthen»

Wiktionary

STRENGTHEN, verb. (transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.
STRENGTHEN, verb. (transitive) To animate; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to fix in resolution; to hearten.
STRENGTHEN, verb. (transitive) To augment; to improve; to intensify.
STRENGTHEN, verb. (intransitive) To grow strong or stronger.

Dictionary definition

STRENGTHEN, verb. Make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries".
STRENGTHEN, verb. Gain strength; "His body strengthened".
STRENGTHEN, verb. Give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis