louden en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈlaʊdn̩/ (UK)
Etymology
From loud + -en.
Meanings
-
To become louder.
The shouts of the bookies were now loudening outside in the sunlight, and when I'd slipped on my raincoat we went out to see what we could of the Light Weight Race.
1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 167:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| loudening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| loudened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| loudened | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| loudens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |