Term: strengthening: the act of increasing the strength of something
Candidate hypernym: act: something that people do or cause to happen → 1
Candidate hypernym: benevolence: an act intending or showing kindness and good will → 0
Candidate hypernym: corset: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment → 0
Candidate hypernym: spinal anesthesia: anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord → 0
Candidate hypernym: gouge: the act of gouging → 0
Candidate hypernym: load line: waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded → 0
Candidate hypernym: automobile horn: a device on an automobile for making a warning noise → 0
Candidate hypernym: apron: (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green → 0
Candidate hypernym: carpinaceae: used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus, Ostryopsis, and Ostryopsis → 0
Candidate hypernym: watch glass: laboratory glassware; a shallow glass dish used as an evaporating surface or to cover a beaker → 0
Candidate hypernym: kickoff: a start given to contestants → 0