1. Accumulating and becoming more intense
   "the thickening dusk"
   - deepening 
2. Becoming more intricate or complex
   "a thickening plot"

1. Any material used to thicken
   "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
   - thickener 
2. Any thickened enlargement
   - node, knob 
3. The act of thickening
   - inspissation

1. Make thick or thicker
   "Thicken the sauce"
   - inspissate 
2. Become thick or thicker
   "The sauce thickened"
   - inspissate 
3. Make viscous or dense
   "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
   - inspissate

Derived forms: thickenings

See also: complex, intensifying

Type of: alter, change, change integrity, change state, condensation, condensing, convex shape, convexity, material, modify, stuff, turn

Antonym: thin

Encyclopedia: Thickening

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