3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thicken \Thick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thickened}; p. pr &
vb n. {Thickening}.]
To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically:
a To render dense; to inspissate; as to thicken paint.
b To make close to fill up interstices in as to thicken
cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
c To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.]
And this may to thicken other proofs. --Shak.
d To make more frequent; as to thicken blows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thickening \Thick"en*ing\, n.
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
thickening
adj 1: accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening
gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the gathering
darkness"; "the thickening dusk" [syn: {deepening(a)},
{gathering(a)}, {thickening(a)}]
2: becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot"
n 1: any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as
a thickening" [syn: {thickener}]
2: the act of thickening [syn: {inspissation}]
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