Definition of thicken

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Thicken (v. t.) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men..

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Incrassation :: Incrassation (n.) The act or process of thickening or making thick; the process of becoming thick or thicker.
Spissitude :: Spissated (a.) Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened..
Brain :: Brain (n.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three seg
Thickened :: Thickened (imp. & p. p.) of Thicke.
Curdle :: Curdle (v. i.) To thicken; to congeal.
Collenchyma :: Collenchyma (n.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.
Black Pudding :: Black pudding () A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal..
Incrassative :: Incrassative (n.) A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humors..
Thick :: Thick (v. t. & i.) To thicken.
Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.
Fulling :: Fulling (n.) The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure..
Placentiform :: Placentiform (a.) Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle..
Elephantiasis :: Elephantiasis (n.) A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide..
Tapioca :: Tapioca (n.) A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava..
Inspissate :: Inspissate (a.) Thick or thickened; inspissated.
Nail :: Nail (n.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
Inspissate :: Inspissate (v. t.) To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation..
Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To make thick (in any sense of the word).
Pad :: Pad (n.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
Chalaza :: Chalaza (n.) A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle..
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