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What (who) is thicken - definition
thicken
¦ verb make or become thick or thicker.
Phrases
the plot thickens the situation is becoming more complicated.
Derivatives
thickener noun
thicken
I. v. a.
1.
Inspissate, make dense.
2.
Make close, make compact.
3.
Make frequent.
II. v. n.
1.
Grow thick, become inspissated.
2.
Concrete, become solid, be consolidated, condense, solidify.
3.
Become obscure, become dark, become dim.
4.
Press, crowd, become close, become compact, increase.
5.
Become animated, grow quick, become confused.
Thicken
·vi To become thick.
II. Thicken ·vt To make thick (in any sense of the word).
III. Thicken ·vt To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
VI. Thicken ·vt To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
Examples of use of thicken
1. This is because oestrogen helps make the blood thicken.
2. With aging populations, the contradictions will only thicken.
3. The blood disease caused the walls of Rigney‘s heart to thicken.
4. Or the native American secret for adding filé to flavor and thicken gumbos?
5. It‘s a bit like adding flour to a sauce to thicken it.