verb
- Make strong or stronger.
- usage: "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
- synonyms: strengthen, beef up, fortify
- Gain strength.
- usage: "His body strengthened"
- synonyms: strengthen
- Give a healthy elasticity to.
- usage: "Let's tone our muscles"
- synonyms: tone, tone up, strengthen
adjective
- Given added strength or support.
- usage: "reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting"
- synonyms: reinforced
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