Definition of thicken

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

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Footing :: Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot..
Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men..
Pseudo-bulb :: Pseudo-bulb (n.) An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants..
Curdle :: Curdle (v. t.) To congeal or thicken.
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..
Thickened :: Thickened (imp. & p. p.) of Thicke.
Anta :: Anta (n.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base..
Atheroma :: Atheroma (n.) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.
Full :: Full (v. i.) To become fulled or thickened; as, this material fulls well..
Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows..
Fulling :: Fulling (n.) The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure..
Inspissate :: Inspissate (v. t.) To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation..
Spissitude :: Spissated (a.) Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened..
Heteroptera :: Heteroptera (n. pl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera..
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..
Nail :: Nail (n.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
Jump :: Jump (v. t.) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
Roux :: Roux (n.) A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies..
Wart :: Wart (n.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them..
Incrassative :: Incrassative (a.) Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken.
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