Definition of thicken

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Thicken (v. t.) To make thick (in any sense of the word).

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Full :: Full (n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill..
Corn :: Corn (n.) A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome..
Curdle :: Curdle (v. t.) To congeal or thicken.
Thickening :: Thickening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thicke.
Footing :: Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot..
Puree :: Puree (n.) A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a puree of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated..
Collenchyma :: Collenchyma (n.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.
Thickened :: Thickened (imp. & p. p.) of Thicke.
Whipworm :: Whipworm (n.) A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly..
Jump :: Jump (v. t.) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
Pad :: Pad (n.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
Inspissation :: Inspissation (n.) The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened..
Thick :: Thick (v. t. & i.) To thicken.
Incrassation :: Incrassation (n.) The act or process of thickening or making thick; the process of becoming thick or thicker.
Sclerogen :: Sclerogen (n.) The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin.
Thickening :: Thickening (n.) Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
Torus :: Torus (n.) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.
Inspissate :: Inspissate (v. t.) To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation..
Seminose :: Seminose (n.) A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste..
Splenius :: Splenium (n.) The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; -- so called in allusion to its shape.
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