'Thicken' definitions:

Definition of 'thicken'

From: WordNet
verb
Make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" [syn: thicken, inspissate] [ant: thin]
verb
Become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate" [syn: thicken, inspissate] [ant: thin]
verb
Make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour" [syn: thicken, inspissate]

Definition of 'Thicken'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Thicken'

From: GCIDE
  • Thicken \Thick"en\, v. i. To become thick. "Thy luster thickens when he shines by." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The press of people thickens to the court. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • The combat thickens, like the storm that flies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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