All atrophying antonyms
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A a verb atrophying
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
- unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
- put together — assemble
- ascend — If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
- prosper — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
- germinate — to begin to grow or develop.
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- strengthen — to make stronger; give strength to.
- raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
- rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- ripen — fruit, etc.: mature
- go up — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- win — to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- accumulate — When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time.
- hoard — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- bloom — A bloom is the flower on a plant.
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- save — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- collect — If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- gather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- starve — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- loosen — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.