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thick·en    Audio Help   [thik-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.to make or become thick or thicker.
2.to make or grow more intense, profound, intricate, or complex: The plot thickens.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME thiknen < ON thykkna. See thick, -en1]
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thick·en    Audio Help   (thĭk'ən)  Pronunciation Key 
tr. & intr.v.   thick·ened, thick·en·ing, thick·ens
  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.
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thicken

verb
1. make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" [ant: thin
2. become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate" [ant: thin
3. make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour" 

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ˈthicken verb
to make or become thick or thicker
Example: We'll add some flour to thicken the soup; The fog thickened and we could no longer see the road.
Arabic: يَتَكَثَّف، يَثْخَن
Chinese (Simplified): 使变厚(粗、密、浓)或(更厚、更粗、更密、更浓)
Chinese (Traditional): 使變厚(粗、密、濃)或(更厚、更粗、更密、更濃)
Czech: zhoustnout
Danish: jævne; blive tættere
Dutch: dikker maken, *worden
Estonian: paksendama, paksenema
Finnish: sakeuttaa, tihentyä
French: (s')épaissir
German: verdicken,-dichten
Greek: πήζω, πυκνώνω
Hungarian: besűrít
Icelandic: þykkja; þykkna
Indonesian: mengentalkan
Italian: addensare; ispessire
Japanese: 厚くする
Korean: 두껍게하다, 짙게 하다; 두꺼워지다, 짙어지다
Latvian: iebiezināt; sabiezēt
Lithuanian: tirštinti, tirštėti
Norwegian: gjøre, *bli tykkere, tykne
Polish: zagęścić, zgęstnieć
Portuguese (Brazil): engrossar
Portuguese (Portugal): engrossar
Romanian: a (se) îngroşa
Russian: утолщать(ся); сгущать(ся)
Slovak: zhustnúť
Slovenian: zgostiti (se)
Spanish: espesar(se)
Swedish: tjockna, tätna
Turkish: kalınlaş(tır)mak, koyulaş(tır)mak
See also: thick-skinned, thick, thick and fast, through thick and thin

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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.

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Thicken

Thick"en\, v. i. 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.

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