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–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

To make or become thick or thicker: Thicken the sauce with cornstarch. The crowd thickened near the doorway.
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

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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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