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verb
- 1. make or become thick or thicker: "thicken the sauce with flour" Similar
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To thicken is to become denser or to make something thicker. When you accidentally burn dinner, the smoke in the kitchen thickens. Time to get the fire extinguisher. There are two ways to thicken: to become thick or to make thick. Cooks often use flour or cornstarch to thicken sauces.
1. a. : to make thick, dense, or viscous in consistency. thicken gravy with flour. b. : to make close or compact. 2. : to increase the depth or diameter of. 3. : to make inarticulate : blur. alcohol thickened his speech. thickener.
verb [ T ] us / ˈθɪk·ən / Add to word list. to cause to become thicker: Thicken the gravy with a little flour.
to make or grow more intense, profound, intricate, or complex: The plot thickens. thicken. / ˈθɪkən / verb. to make or become thick or thicker. thicken the soup by adding flour. intr to become more involved. the plot thickened.
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. thick′en·er n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
to ( cause to) become thicker: Thicken the sauce with a little flour. The smoke thickened rapidly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Thick, dense and heavy. blocky. cakey. chunkily. chunkiness.
thicken. When you thicken a liquid or when it thickens, it becomes stiffer and more solid. Thicken the broth with the cornflour. [VERB noun] Keep stirring until the sauce thickens. [VERB] If something thickens, it becomes more closely grouped together or more solid than it was before.
To make or become more intense, intricate, or complex. The leader's departure thickens the problems. Our apprehension thickened. American Heritage. To make or become thick or thicker, as in dimension, density, consistency, articulation, etc. Webster's New World.
Definition of thicken verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'thicken' 1. When you thicken a liquid or when it thickens, it becomes stiffer and more solid. [...] 2. If something thickens, it becomes more closely grouped together or more solid than it was before. [...] More. Conjugations of 'thicken' present simple: I thicken, you thicken [...] past simple: I thickened, you thickened [...]
