| has gloss | (verb) make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
beef up, fortify, strengthen |
| lexicalization | eng: beef up |
| lexicalization | eng: fortify |
| lexicalization | eng: strengthen |
| subclass of | (verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
alter, change, modify |
| has subclass | (verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
stabilise, stabilize, steady, brace |
| has subclass | (verb) secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"
batten |
| has subclass | (verb) furnish with battens; "batten ships"
batten down, batten, secure |
| has subclass | (verb) make more lively or vigorous; "The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man"
vitalize, vitalise |
| has subclass | (verb) produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage; "Detroit ruggedized the family car"
ruggedize, ruggedise |
| has subclass | (verb) solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"
substantiate |
| has subclass | (verb) make strong again
restrengthen |
| has subclass | (verb) make secure underneath; "undergird the ship"
brace up, undergird |
| has subclass | (verb) make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
confirm |
| has subclass | (verb) make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"
reenforce, reinforce |
| has subclass | (verb) make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
buttress |