Found 3 items, similar to THICKENING.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: thicken menebalkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: thickening thickening adj 1: accumulating and becoming more intense; “the deepening gloom”; “felt a deepening love”; “the gathering darkness”; “the thickening dusk” [syn: deepening(a), gathering(a), thickening(a)] 2: becoming more intricate or complex; “a thickening plot” n 1: any material used to thicken; “starch is used in cooking as a thickening” [syn: thickener] 2: any thickened enlargement [syn: node, knob] 3: the act of thickening [syn: inspissation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Thickening Thicken \Thick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Thickening.] To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint. [1913 Webster] (b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men. [1913 Webster] (c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And this may to thicken other proofs. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows. [1913 Webster] Thickening \Thick"en*ing\, n. Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker. [1913 Webster]