thickening Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun any material used to thicken
   thickener.
   
   • starch is used in cooking as a thickening
2. noun any thickened enlargement
   node; knob.
   
3. noun the act of thickening
   inspissation.
   
4. verb make thick or thicker
   thicken; inspissate.
   
   • Thicken the sauce
   • inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch
5. verb become thick or thicker
   thicken; inspissate.
   
   • The sauce thickened
   • The egg yolk will inspissate
6. verb make viscous or dense
   thicken; inspissate.
   
   • thicken the sauce by adding flour
7. adjective satellite accumulating and becoming more intense
   deepening.
   
   • the deepening gloom
   • felt a deepening love
   • the thickening dusk
8. adjective satellite becoming more intricate or complex
   
   • a thickening plot

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