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# deepening

«deepening» in Mova's school dictionary: **becoming or making something deeper, so it goes further down** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (deepen, deepens, deepened, deepening); noun (a deepening — rare); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Deepening means becoming or making something deeper, so it goes further down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deepening/#m1)

2) Deepening means becoming stronger, more serious or more intense, like a feeling, a problem or a colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deepening/#m2)

3) A deepening sound or voice becomes lower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deepening/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, rivers deepen their valleys over time. In stories and news: «a deepening mystery», «deepening friendship», «a deepening crisis», «the deepening dusk». In science, the sea gets deeper further from the shore.

### examples

- The river is deepening its channel every year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deepening/#x1)
- There was a deepening mystery about the missing key. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deepening/#x2)
- Their deepening friendship lasted for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deepening/#x3)
- The sky turned a deepening blue at sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deepening/#x4)
- News reports spoke of a deepening crisis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deepening/#x5)
- The workers were deepening the harbour for bigger ships. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deepening/#x6)

### note

Verb: deepen (regular). Adjective: deep; noun: depth. «Deepening» can be good (friendship) or bad (crisis) — the noun after it tells you which.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deepening» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deepening/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.