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Meaning thicken meaning

What does thicken mean?
Definitions in simple English

thicken Verb

— If you thicken an object or shape, you make it wider. You should thicken the lines to make them easier to see. — If you thicken a liquid, you make it thicker. Put flour in the gravy to thicken it. — If something thickens, it becomes wider or thicker.

thicken

— verb (= inspissate) make thick or thicker Thicken the sauce inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch — verb (= inspissate) become thick or thicker The sauce thickened The egg yolk will inspissate — verb make viscous or dense thicken the sauce by adding flour

Synonyms thicken synonyms

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thicken English » English

inspissate condense congeal coagulate curdle solidify clot syrup become dense thickening set freeze enlarge become thick thick stiffen make thick jell increase harden concentrate compressed cake augment widen syrupy strengthen reduce precipitate make compact make big magnify grow thick grow dark gel gain weight extend expand evaporation evaporate enrich dilate dewater densify crystallize confirm broaden become wider become firm become concentrated

Topics thicken topics

What do people use thicken to talk about?
Universe, creation World Solid, liquid, gas

Liquid
States Big

Thick

  • What words refer to something becoming thick?
    thicken get thick
  • What words refer to making something thick?
    thicken
Universe, creation World

Solid, liquid, gas
Daily life Food Food preparation

Steps in food preparation

Conjugation thicken conjugation

How do you conjugate thicken?

thicken · verb

Examples thicken examples

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You've dodged creditors before. Brush up your mustache and thicken your voice.
It will burn your skin, sap your strength cut your efficiency, drain the moisture from your body and thicken your blood unless you drink water.
My sauce won't thicken.
You want to thicken your French accent up a bit, mate, like you've just come over from Paris.
Your blood will thicken.
You're gonna have to do something a little bit more than repeat a few cheap jibes about the land I love, if you want me to thicken and engorge with mounting excitement.
However, the plot does thicken.
As if something caused the blood to thicken or clot prior to death.
Places, everyone. The plot is about to thicken.
But I want to thicken up the solo.
The plot's thicken.
Thicken.
The body is missing, and the plot only started to thicken.
All right, add ice to thicken.
It will burn your skin, sap your strength, cut your efficiency, drain the moisture from your body and thicken your blood unless you drink water.
Disappointments thicken our skins.
This little bit of kitchen magic'll thicken the gasoline, stabilize it so it'll burn, not explode.
The plot is about to thicken.
If the current protection isn't sufficient to stop this missile, we'll thicken the protection.
Finding places to thicken your blood.
And this may help to thicken other proofs that do demonstrate thinly.
Okay, that was good, but I want to thicken-up that solo.
I think I found a clue to thicken the plot.
It's a genetic mutation that causes the heart muscles to thicken. Eventually, it prevents the heart from pumping blood.
If the current protection isn't sufficient to stop this missile, we'll thicken the protection. Wait.
Thicken it or I'll find someone who can.
We need to thicken it up.
We gotta thicken our revenue stream.
We gotta thicken our fucking stream.
We gotta thicken the fuck out of that stream right now.
The plot, unlike your hair, continues to thicken.

News and current affairs

It is remarkable to consider that we could cancel out this century's global warming with 1,900 unmanned ships spraying seawater mist into the air to thicken clouds.

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