Dictionary entry details
• FORTIFY (verb)
Meaning:
Make strong or stronger
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
beef up; fortify; strengthen
Context examples:
This exercise will strengthen your upper body / strengthen the relations between the two countries
Hypernyms (to "fortify" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
strengthen (gain strength)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fortify"):
vitalise; vitalize (make more lively or vigorous)
batten; batten down; secure (furnish with battens)
batten (secure with battens)
brace; stabilise; stabilize; steady (support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace)
buttress (make stronger or defensible)
reenforce; reinforce (make stronger)
confirm (make more firm)
brace up; undergird (make secure underneath)
restrengthen (make strong again)
substantiate (solidify, firm, or strengthen)
ruggedise; ruggedize (produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Enclose by or as if by a fortification
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
fort; fortify
Hypernyms (to "fortify" is one way to...):
close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fortify"):
trench (fortify by surrounding with trenches)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Prepare oneself for a military confrontation
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
arm; gird; build up; fortify
Context examples:
The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East / troops are building up on the Iraqi border
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fortify"):
re-arm; rearm (arm anew)
forearm (arm in advance of a confrontation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Add nutrients to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
fortified milk
Hypernyms (to "fortify" is one way to...):
add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Add alcohol to (beverages)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
fortify; lace; spike
Context example:
the punch is spiked!
Hypernyms (to "fortify" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
