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thicken

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thick·en  (thkn)
tr. & intr.v. thick·ened, thick·en·ing, thick·ens
1. To make or become thick or thicker: Thicken the sauce with cornstarch. The crowd thickened near the doorway.
2. To make or become more intense, intricate, or complex: The leader's departure thickens the problems. Our apprehension thickened.

thicken·er n.

thicken
Verb
1. to make or become thick or thicker
2. to become more complicated: the plot thickens
thickener n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.thicken - make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
thicken, inspissate - become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
thin - make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
2.thicken - become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
thicken, inspissate - make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
thin - lose thickness; become thin or thinner
3.thicken - make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
change integrity - change in physical make-up

thicken
verb set, condense, congeal, cake, gel, clot, jell, coagulate, inspissate (archaic) << OPPOSITE thin
Translations

thicken [ˈθɪkn] viespesarse
vt [+ sauce etc] → espesar
thicken [ˈθɪkn] thick vis'épaissir
vt [+ sauce etc] → épaissir
thicken [ˈθɪkn] thick vi [fog etc] → sich verdichten
vt [+ sauce etc] → eindicken;
the plot thickens → die Sache wird immer verwickelter
thicken [ˈθɪkən] viispessire
vt [+ sauce etc] → ispessire, rendere più denso/a


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This reasoning seemed to D'Artagnan so satisfactory that he no further insisted; and about eight o'clock in the evening, the time when the vapors of night begin to thicken in the streets, he left the Hotel de la Chevrette, and followed by Planchet set forth from the capital by way of the Saint Denis gate.
Again the withered hag poured forth the monotonous words of a prayer that was not meant to be acceptable in heaven; and soon, in the pauses of her breath, strange murmurings began to thicken, gradually increasing so as to drown and overpower the charm by which they grew.
That perils had thickened about him fast, and might thicken faster and faster yet, he of course knew now.
 
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