Strengthen
Crossword Clue and Answers
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Publications
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Monday, 11 Jan 2021
- The Mirror Classic - Thursday, 17 Dec 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 20 Apr 2017
Crossword Answers
4 letters
TONE
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
GIRD
Bind with something round or circular
5 letters
BRACE
An appliance that corrects dental irregularities
STEEL
Get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
6 letters
ANNEAL
Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
TONEUP
Give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"
BEEFUP
Make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
7 letters
BOLSTER
A pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
FORTIFY
Prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
AUGMENT
Enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"
ENSTEEL
TOUGHEN
Make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her"
NOURISH
Provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
8 letters
BUTTRESS
A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
9 letters
REINFORCE
Make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"
11 letters
CONSOLIDATE
Make firm or secure; strengthen; "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"