thicken

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To become thicker (in the sense of wider)
To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous)
To make thicker (in the sense of wider)
To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous)
{v} to make or grow thick, muddy, or close
When you thicken a liquid or when it thickens, it becomes stiffer and more solid. Thicken the broth with the cornflour Keep stirring until the sauce thickens
{f} make thick in consistency; become thick, condense; grow more intricate, become increasingly complex
To make a liquid more thick by reducing or adding a roux, starch, or eggs
If something thickens, it becomes more closely grouped together or more solid than it was before. The crowds around him began to thicken
become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
To make thick (in any sense of the word)
make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
To strengthen; to confirm
To bind liquids and solids to form a thick mixture
make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour
People sometimes say `the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious. `Find anything?' he asked. `Yeah. The plot thickens,' I said. to become thick, or make something thick
make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men
become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate" make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour
To become thick
To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows
To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint
thickener
Any substance added to something in order to thicken it; a thickening agent
thickening
a thickened part of a structure

the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts.

thickening
Simple past tense and past participle of thicken
thickening
the process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous
thickening
a substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce
To thicken
flocculate
To thicken
thick
thickened
made or having become thick; "thickened bronchial arteries"
thickened
made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy"; "dust-thickened saliva
thickened
past of thicken
thickened
having skin made tough and thick through wear
thickened
made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy"; "dust-thickened saliva"
thickener
Device for removing water from a pulp suspension The fibers are collected on the surface of a perforated cylinder
thickener
A separation operation that exploits density differences to partially remove a liquid from a liquid-solid mixture
thickener
A substance added to a liquid to increase its viscosity
thickener
{i} substance that causes thickening; something that thickens
thickener
A thickener is a substance that is added to a liquid in order to make it stiffer and more solid. cornstarch, used as a thickener How much thickener is used?. thick·en·ing a substance used to thicken a liquid
thickener
any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
thickener
The equipment in which flocculation is carried out
thickening
any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
thickening
becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot"
thickening
any thickened enlargement
thickening
the act of thickening any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
thickening
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker
thickening
becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot
thickening
{i} act of making thick in consistency; process of becoming thick; process of growing more intricate, process of becoming increasingly complex
thickening
accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the gathering darkness"; "the thickening dusk"
thickening
the act of thickening
thickening
the act of thickening any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening" becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot
thickens
third-person singular of thicken
thicken
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