Found 3 items, similar to thicken.
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Definition: thicken
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: thicken
thicken
v 1: make thick or thicker;
“Thicken the sauce”;
“inspissate the
tar so that it becomes pitch” [syn:
inspissate] [ant:
thin]
2: become thick or thicker;
“The sauce thickened”;
“The egg
yolk will inspissate” [syn:
inspissate] [ant:
thin]
3: make viscous or dense;
“thicken the sauce by adding flour”
[syn:
inspissate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Thicken
Thicken
\Thick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Thickened; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Thickening.]
To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically:
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(a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.
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(b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken
cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
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(c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.]
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And this may to thicken other proofs. --Shak.
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(d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
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Thicken
\Thick"en\, v. i.
To become thick.
“Thy luster thickens when he shines by.”
--Shak.
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The press of people thickens to the court. --Dryden.
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The combat thickens, like the storm that flies.
--Dryden.
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