THICKENING

thickening, deepening(a)

(adjective) accumulating and becoming more intense; “the deepening gloom”; “felt a deepening love”; “the thickening dusk”

thickening

(adjective) becoming more intricate or complex; “a thickening plot”

thickening, inspissation

(noun) the act of thickening

node, knob, thickening

(noun) any thickened enlargement

thickening, thickener

(noun) any material used to thicken; “starch is used in cooking as a thickening”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

thickening (countable and uncountable, plural thickenings)

The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.

A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce.

A thickened part of a structure.

Verb

thickening

present participle of thicken

Anagrams

• kitchening

Source: Wiktionary

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Thick"en*ing, n.

Definition: Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.

THICKEN

Thick"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Thickening.]

Definition: 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.

Thick"en, v. i.

Definition: To become thick. "Thy luster thickens when he shines by." Shak. The press of people thickens to the court. Dryden. The combat thickens, like the storm that flies. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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