enhanced en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From enhance + -ed.
Meanings
- In a version or form that has been improved or made better than some other standard form.
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Raised up, amplified.
The shield was silver, charged with a red cross voided (that is, with the centre cut out and only the edges left), between in chief (that is, above the horizontal limb of the cross) two black dragon's wings, and in base two red daggers, and in the centre of the cross a black winged helmet; on a red chief (a broad band across the top of the shield), a silver pale (a broad vertical band), and thereon eight black arrows crossed X-wise, four and four, and encircled with a black band, between on the dexter three bendlets (narrow bands slanting from dexter chief to sinister base) enhanced (that is, raised above the centre), and on the sinister a fleur-de-lis, all of gold.
1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 479:
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(euphemistic) Having suffered the use of anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
Big, enhanced mass monsters that tremble the ground they walk on, lift tons (literally), and get winded going up a flight of stairs. Of course, there are other areas of the sport such as natural bodybuilders, physique competitors, and pro and amateur levels of contests.
2020 September 3, Brad Borland, “Bodybuilding 101: Sculpting a Powerful Physique”, in Breaking Muscles:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most enhanced | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more enhanced | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
enhanced criminal record certificate · enhanced interrogation · unenhanced · immunoenhanced · hypoenhanced · enhanced definition · Enhanced Fujita scale · enhanced check · hyperenhanced · nonenhanced · Enhanced Games
Translations (27)
fi tehostettu (bodybuilding: affected by PEDs) · es amplificado (raised up) · pl na sterydach (bodybuilding: affected by PEDs) · pt melhorado (improved) · fi korostettu (raised up) · it amplificato (raised up) · nl benadrukt (improved) · bg повишен (raised up) · cs nadstandardní (improved) · fr avancé (improved) · tr geliştirilmiş (improved) · el βελτιωμένος (improved) · fr rehaussé (raised up) · fi paranneltu (improved) · fr amplifié (raised up) · de unterstützend (bodybuilding: affected by PEDs) · it avanzato (improved) · pl powiększony (raised up) · pt ampliado (raised up) · pt aprimorado (improved) · es mejorado (improved) · nl versterkt vermeerderd (improved) · tr artan (raised up) · cs zesílený (raised up) · de unterstützt (bodybuilding: affected by PEDs) · pl ulepszony (improved) · de verstärkt (improved)