Definition of thicken

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Thicken (v. t.) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint..

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Gumbo :: Gumbo (n.) A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.
Paunch :: Paunch (n.) The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper..
Sclerogen :: Sclerogen (n.) The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin.
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..
Atheroma :: Atheroma (n.) A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.
Placentiform :: Placentiform (a.) Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle..
Fulling :: Fulling (n.) The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure..
Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity..
Jump :: Jump (v. t.) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
Curd :: Curd (v. i.) To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whe.
Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint..
Thicken :: Thicken (v. i.) To become thick.
Curdle :: Curdle (v. i.) To thicken; to congeal.
Coagulation :: Coagulation (n.) The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification..
Anta :: Anta (n.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base..
Collenchyma :: Collenchyma (n.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.
Pseudo-bulb :: Pseudo-bulb (n.) An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants..
Thick :: Thick (v. t. & i.) To thicken.
Clitellus :: Clitellus (n.) A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes..
Thickened :: Thickened (imp. & p. p.) of Thicke.
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