(ไฮ'เทิน) vt. เพิ่มความสูง, เพิ่มปริมาณ, ทำให้แข็งแรงขึ้น, ทำให้สำคัญขึ้น, ทำให้เด่นขึ้น, เพิ่ม, สว่างขึ้น, เข้มข้นขึ้น., See Also: heighner n., Syn. enhance

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary Nontri Dictionary

heighten

(vi) สูงขึ้น, เพิ่มขึ้น, เข้มข้นขึ้น, เด่นขึ้น

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

heighten

(v) become more extreme, Syn. rise, Example:The tension heightened

heighten

(v) make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity, Example:heightened interest

heighten

(v) increase the height of, Example:The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars

enhance

(v) increase, Syn. heighten, raise, Example:This will enhance your enjoyment; heighten the tension

intensify

(v) make more intense, stronger, or more marked; , , Syn. heighten, deepen, compound, Example:The efforts were intensified; Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her; Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness; This event only deepened my convictions

sharpen

(v) make (one's senses) more acute, Syn. heighten, Example:This drug will sharpen your vision

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Heighten

v. t. [ Written also highten. ] [ imp. & p. p. Heightened p. pr. & vb. n. Heightening. ] 1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint. “To heighten our confusion.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heightener

n. [ Written also hightener. ] One who, or that which, heightens. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

增高

[增高, zēng gāo] heighten; raise up #6552

倒装

[倒装 / 倒裝, dào zhuāng] inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect); anastrophe #76661

倒装句

[倒装句 / 倒裝句, dào zhuāng jù] inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect); anastrophe

Japanese-Thai-English: Saikam Dictionary Saikam JP-TH-EN Dictionary

深まる

[ふかまる, fukamaru] TH: เพิ่มมากขึ้น

深まる

[ふかまる, fukamaru] EN: to heighten

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

進む

[すすむ, susumu] (v5m, vi) (1) to advance; to go forward; (2) to precede; to go ahead (of); (3) to make progress; to improve; (4) to deepen; to heighten; (5) (See 進んで) to do of one's own free will; (P) #4338

深める

[ふかめる, fukameru] (v1, vt) to deepen; to heighten; to intensify; (P) #18277

元気付く

[げんきづく, genkiduku] (v5k) to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength

士気旺盛

[しきおうせい, shikiousei] (n, adj-na) morale being very high; heightened fighting spirit

深まる

[ふかまる, fukamaru] (v5r, vi) to deepen; to heighten; to intensify; (P)

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

erhöhen | erhöhend

to heighten | heightening

erhöht