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
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.
thickening
present participle of thicken
• kitchening
Source: Wiktionary
Thick"en*ing, n.
Definition: Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
