thicken (redirected from thickens)

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 [ˈθɪkən]

vb

1. to make or become thick or thicker thicken the soup by adding flour

2. (intr) to become more involved the plot thickened

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

1. set, condense, congeal, cake, gel, clot, jell, coagulate, inspissate (archaic) Keep stirring until the sauce thickens.
set thin, weaken, dilute, water down

2. deepen, become more involved, become more complicated, become more mysterious 'Find anything?' he asked. 'Yeah. The plot thickens,' I said.

Translations

thicken [ˈθɪkən]

A. VT → espesar, hacer más espeso

B. VI

1. (Culin) [mixture, sauce] → espesarse

2. [darkness] → aumentar; [clouds, wood, jungle] → hacerse más denso
her voice thickened with emotion → se le empañó la voz de emoción or por la emoción
the plot thickens → la cosa se complica

thicken [ˈθɪkən]

vi

[sauce, soup] → épaissir

[crowd] → s'épaissir, grossir

[fog, clouds, smoke] → s'épaissir

the plot thickens → ça se complique

vt [+ sauce, soup] → épaissir

thicken

vt sauce etc → eindicken

vi

(fog, hair, crowd, forest) → dichter werden; (smoke, darkness) → sich verdichten; (sauce, mixture) → dick werden

(fig: plot, mystery) → immer verwickelter or undurchsichtiger werden; aha, the plot thickens! → aha, jetzt wirds interessant!

thicken [ˈθɪk/ən]

1. vt (gen) → ispessire; (sauce) → rendere più denso/a

2. vi (gen) → ispessirsi; (grow denser, forest, jungle) → infittirsi
the plot thickens (fig) → il mistero s'infittisce

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thicken [ˈθɪk/ən]

1. vt (gen) → ispessire; (sauce) → rendere più denso/a

2. vi (gen) → ispessirsi; (grow denser, forest, jungle) → infittirsi
the plot thickens (fig) → il mistero s'infittisce