Overview of noun thickening

The noun thickening has 3 senses

• thickening, thickener -- (any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening")


• node, knob, thickening -- (any thickened enlargement)


• thickening, inspissation -- (the act of thickening)

Overview of verb thicken

The verb thicken has 3 senses

• thicken, inspissate -- (make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch")


• thicken, inspissate -- (become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate")


• thicken, inspissate -- (make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour")

Overview of adj thickening

The adj thickening has 2 senses

• deepening, thickening -- (accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk")


• thickening -- (becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot")