thicken

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.

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thicken·er n.

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thicken

Verb

1. to make or become thick or thicker

2. to become more complicated: the plot thickens

thickener n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	thicken - make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" inspissate 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" 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" inspissate change integrity - change in physical make-up

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thicken

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

Translations

thicken [ˈθɪkn] vi → espesarse

vt [+ sauce etc] → espesar

thicken [ˈθɪkn] thick vi → s'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] vi → ispessire

vt [+ sauce etc] → ispessire, rendere più denso/a