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# strengthen

«strengthen» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make it stronger** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (strengthen, strengthens, strengthened, strengthening)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To strengthen something is to make it stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strengthen/#m1)

2) To strengthen is to become stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strengthen/#m2)

3) To strengthen a feeling, idea or friendship is to make it firmer or more certain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strengthen/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and health it means building muscles: «exercises that strengthen your legs». In design and technology a bridge or a frame is strengthened with extra supports, like triangles. In everyday life friendships and teams are strengthened. In stories wind or storms «strengthen». In money talk a currency strengthens when it becomes worth more.

### examples

- Swimming strengthens your arms and legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strengthen/#x1)
- We strengthened the paper bridge with triangles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strengthen/#x2)
- The wind strengthened during the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strengthen/#x3)
- Working together strengthened our friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strengthen/#x4)
- Milk helps to strengthen bones and teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strengthen/#x5)
- The builders strengthened the old wall with steel bars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strengthen/#x6)
- Her kind words strengthened my courage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strengthen/#x7)
- The new evidence strengthened the detective's idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strengthen/#x8)
- You must be needing something to strengthen you after that turn.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strengthen/#x9)

### note

Spelling: strength + en (the «g» and «th» both stay). Opposite: «weaken». «Strengthen» can take an object («strengthen the wall») or not («the wind strengthened»). Noun: strength.

### In the corpora

- [Sport strengthens the tummy and back muscles that hold you up, which helps balance long days of sitting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/6/)
- [And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.680/)
- [Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make firm the tottering knees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.727/)
- [Though I have trained and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise evil against Me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.101/)
- [And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in His name, saith the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.154/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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