Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who enhances; one who or that which carries to a greater degree or a higher point.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something that
enhances - noun genetics A short region of
DNA that can increasetranscription ofgenes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
Etymologies
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Examples
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Water as a choreography enhancer is the new smoke machine.
Mexican troupe's trite take on female sexuality Sarah Kaufman 2010
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Yes, Macchio wore a prosthetic rear enhancer, aka Butt Booster, to turn his shapeless backside into a salsa-ready rump.
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Create Flavours has developed a new natural tomato enhancer, which is said to be ideally suited to supporting essential tomato notes in a range of food products.
FoodNavigator RSS jess.halliday@decisionnews.com 2010
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More seriously, this chemical is also a penetration enhancer, meaning that it increases the absorption of cosmeceutical ingredients through the skin.
Samuel S. Epstein: Anti-Aging and Anti-Wrinkling Skin Care Products: Cosmeceuticals 2009
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Functional analysis of the gene revealed the presence of an 'enhancer', a stretch of DNA where regulatory proteins can bind to help ratchet up expression levels, surrounding one of the variants identified in this initial screen.
innovations-report 2010
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Have you ever installed any third party "enhancer" hacks that do anything to the Dock?
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I don't have any "enhancer" programs installed that I know of, but re-installing Leopard seems to be the Apple-recommended fix for this known problem.
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Heavy magazine readers are twice as likely than the average to see advertising as an 'enhancer' to the magazine experience
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But here's the question: If it tastes great and is apparently still being manufactured, why doesn't it hold the post position in American culture, at the very pinnacle of the chocolate milk enhancer/emulsifier category pyramid?
Burnishing the Bosco Brand Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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June 08, 2009 at 11: 54 PM though technically not a copying enhancer, when i need to copy many files i turn to syncback. again, not for everyday use, but if you run into that scenario once a month or so, it certainly does the job (runs in the background, provides a log of errors, etc) drsoumunblocked
Five Best Alternative File Copiers | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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