Synonyms of the word

fortify

• v. To increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible against…
• v. To impart strength or vigor to.
• v. To increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients.

add

• v. (transitive) To join or unite, (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase…
• v. To sum up; to put together mentally.
• v. (transitive) To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
• v. (transitive) To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
• v. (transitive) To append (e,g, a statement); to say further information.
• v. (intransitive) To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase.
• v. (intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
• n. (video games) An additional enemy that joined the fight after the primary target.
• n. (computer science) An act or instance of adding.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

arm

• n. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
• n. (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
• n. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
• n. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object,…
• n. (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
• n. A branch of an organization.
• n. (figuratively) Power; might; strength; support.
• n. (baseball, slang) A pitcher.
• n. (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
• n. A group of patients in a medical trial.
• v. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
• v. To supply with arms or limbs.
• adj. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
• adj. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
• n. (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
• n. (in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia.
• v. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
• v. To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
• v. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
• v. (figuratively) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
• v. To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

enclose

• v. (transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
• v. (transitive) To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.
• v. (intransitive) To hold or contain.

fort

• n. A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
• n. Any permanent army post.
• v. To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.

gird

• v. (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
• v. (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
• v. (transitive) To prepare oneself for an action.
• n. A sarcastic remark.
• n. A stroke with a rod or switch.
• n. A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
• v. (transitive) To jeer at.
• v. (intransitive) To jeer.

inclose

• v. (now uncommon) Alternative form of enclose.

lace

• n. (uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.^W.
• n. (countable) A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten…
• n. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
• n. (slang, obsolete) Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
• v. (transitive) To fasten (something) with laces.
• v. (transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
• v. (transitive) To interweave items.
• v. (transitive) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
• v. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
• v. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

spike

• n. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward/outward.
• n. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
• n. An ear of corn or grain.
• n. (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
• n. (in plural spikes; informal) Running shoes with spikes in the soles.
• n. A sharp peak in a graph.
• n. The long, narrow part of a high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
• n. A long nail for storing papers and, by extension, the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles…
• n. (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the…
• n. (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
• n. A surge in power.
• n. (slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.
• n. Spike lavender.
• v. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
• v. To set or furnish with spikes.
• v. To fix on a spike.
• v. To prevent or frustrate.
• v. To increase sharply.
• v. To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.
• v. To add a small amount of one substance to another.
• v. (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight…
• v. (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
• v. (journalism) To decide not to publish or make public.
• v. (football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or…

strengthen

• v. (transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify;…
• v. (transitive) To animate; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to fix in resolution; to hearten.
• v. (transitive) To augment; to improve; to intensify.
• v. (intransitive) To grow strong or stronger.