Definition of thicken

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Thicken (v. t.) To strengthen; to confirm.

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Thickened :: Thickened (imp. & p. p.) of Thicke.
Incrassative :: Incrassative (a.) Having the quality of thickening; tending to thicken.
Gumbo :: Gumbo (n.) A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.
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..
Curd :: Curd (v. t.) To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
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..
Collenchyma :: Collenchyma (n.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.
Thickening :: Thickening (n.) Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
Roux :: Roux (n.) A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies..
Fulling :: Fulling (n.) The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure..
Spissitude :: Spissated (a.) Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened..
Anta :: Anta (n.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base..
Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To make thick (in any sense of the word).
Pterostigma :: Pterostigma (n.) A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects.
Thick :: Thick (v. t. & i.) To thicken.
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end..
Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men..
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..
Curdle :: Curdle (v. i.) To thicken; to congeal.
Paunch :: Paunch (n.) The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper..
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