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zunehmen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • augment verb To make something larger or stronger by adding to it.
  • deepen verb To make or become deeper.
  • fatten verb To make an animal or person fatter, often by feeding them richly.
  • flesh noun The soft tissue of a human or animal body, especially muscle and fat, as distinct from bone.
  • increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
  • mount noun A hill or mountain, especially used before a proper name.
  • rise verb To move upward or increase.
  • wax noun A soft, oily solid substance, such as beeswax or paraffin, used for candles, polish, and other purposes.

Senses

zunehmen is used for these senses in English:

  • augment (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
  • deepen (transitive) To make darker or more intense; to darken
  • fatten (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
  • fatten (intransitive, of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter.
  • fill out (intransitive) To have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight.
  • flesh (transitive) To put flesh on; to fatten.
  • increase (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
  • mount (intransitive, sometimes, with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.

deepen — full definition

  1. verb To make or become deeper.
  2. verb To make or become more intense, serious, or extreme.
  3. verb To make or become darker in colour, or lower in tone or pitch.

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