| beef up | | |
| v. (change) | 1. beef up, fortify, strengthen | make strong or stronger.; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ vitalise, vitalize | make more lively or vigorous.; "The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man" |
| ~ ruggedise, ruggedize | produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage.; "Detroit ruggedized the family car" |
| ~ strengthen | gain strength.; "His body strengthened" |
| ~ substantiate | solidify, firm, or strengthen.; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country" |
| ~ restrengthen | make strong again. |
| ~ brace up, undergird | make secure underneath.; "undergird the ship" |
| ~ confirm | make more firm.; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!" |
| ~ reenforce, reinforce | make stronger.; "he reinforced the concrete" |
| ~ buttress | make stronger or defensible.; "buttress your thesis" |
| ~ stabilise, brace, stabilize, steady | support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace.; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel" |
| ~ batten | secure with battens.; "batten down a ship's hatches" |
| ~ batten, batten down, secure | furnish with battens.; "batten ships" |
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