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deepening

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deep·en  (dpn)
tr. & intr.v. deep·ened, deep·en·ing, deep·ens
To make or become deep or deeper.
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Noun1.deepening - a process of becoming deeper and more profound
evolution, development - a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"
Adj.1.deepening - accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk"
thickening
intensifying - increasing in strength or intensity
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It is time the little playfellow went in, I think; and there is a very bright fire to tempt her: the red light shines out under the deepening gray of the sky.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
Jake and Otto joined us from the basement and we sat about the stove, enjoying the deepening grey of the winter afternoon and the atmosphere of comfort and security in my grandfather's house.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
Apprising the police of his intention, he effected an entrance through a rear window before dark, walked through the deserted rooms, bare of furniture, dusty and desolate, and seating himself at last in the parlor on an old sofa which he had dragged in from another room watched the deepening of the gloom as night came on.
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