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thicken
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb thicken has 3 senses
- thicken(v = verb.change) inspissate - make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" is one way to alter, change, modify
- thicken(v = verb.change) inspissate - become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate" is one way to change state, turn
- thicken(v = verb.change) inspissate - make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour" is one way to change integrity
Derived forms noun thickener1, noun thickening3
Antonym: thin
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym: thin
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived forms noun thickener1, noun thickening3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
thicken, v. t.
To make thick (in any sense of the word). [1913 Webster]
"And this may to thicken other proofs."
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thicken, v. i.
To become thick. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"The press of people thickens to the court."
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"The combat thickens, like the storm that flies."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
thicken, v.
1 tr. & intr. make or become thick or thicker.
2 intr. become more complicated (the plot thickens).
1 tr. & intr. make or become thick or thicker.
2 intr. become more complicated (the plot thickens).
Derivative
thickener n.
THESAURUS
thicken
add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beat up, boost, broaden, build, build up, cake, candy, churn, clabber, clot, clump, cluster, coagulate, colloid, colloidize, concrete, condense, congeal, cream, crystallize, curd, curdle, emulsify, emulsionize, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, firm up, gel, gelatinate, gelatinize, granulate, grow thick, harden, hike, hike up, incrassate, increase, inflate, inspissate, jack up, jell, jellify, jelly, jump up, knot, lengthen, lopper, lump, maximize, parlay, put up, pyramid, raise, set, solidify, stiffen, take a set, thick, up, whipROGET THESAURUS
thicken
Thickness,
VB be broad, become broad, render broad, expand, thicken, widen, calibrate.Density
VB be dense, become solid, render solid, solidify, solidate, concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate, curd, curdle, lopper, fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize, petrify, condense, thicken, gel, inspissate, incrassate, compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate.Semiliquidity
VB inspissate, incrassate, thicken, mash, squash, churn, beat up, sinter.
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