'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]
Synonyms of 'thicken'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- add to,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- augment,
- beat up,
- boost,
- broaden,
- build,
- build up,
- cake,
- candy,
- churn,
- clabber,
- clot,
- clump,
- cluster,
- coagulate,
- colloid,
- colloidize,
- concrete,
- condense,
- congeal,
- cream,
- crystallize,
- curd,
- curdle,
- emulsify,
- emulsionize,
- enlarge,
- exalt,
- expand,
- extend,
- fatten,
- fill out,
- firm up,
- gel,
- gelatinate,
- gelatinize,
- granulate,
- grow thick,
- harden,
- hike,
- hike up,
- incrassate,
- increase,
- inflate,
- inspissate,
- jack up,
- jell,
- jellify,
- jelly,
- jump up,
- knot,
- lengthen,
- lopper,
- lump,
- maximize,
- parlay,
- put up,
- pyramid,
- raise,
- set,
- solidify,
- stiffen,
- take a set,
- thick,
- up,
- whip