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Another word for thicken

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Verb

  1. To make thick or thicker, especially through evaporation or condensation

    See also:

    solid

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Another word for thicken

Verb

  1. To become thicker

    See also:

    stiffen

    harden

    Antonyms:

  2. To make thicker

      1. To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand.
      2. To increase in force, size, number, or degree:
      3. To grow in loudness or intensity:
      1. To make or become wide or wider.
      1. a projecting structure, generally of brick or stone, built against a wall to support or reinforce it
      2. anything like a buttress; support or prop
      3. to support or reinforce with a buttress
      1. To make larger in size.
      2. To make larger in scope or effect; expand:
      3. To become larger; grow or swell.
      1. To increase the size, volume, quantity, or scope of; enlarge:
      2. To express at length or in detail; enlarge on:
      3. To open (something) up or out; spread out:
      1. To join or combine (numbers) through addition:
      2. To join or unite so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope:
      3. To say or write further.
      1. To give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen:
      2. To strengthen (a military force) with additional personnel or equipment.
      3. To strengthen by adding extra support or material.
    See also:

    stiffen

    harden

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • In these cases, certain cells of a colony of unicellular plants or of the filaments of multicellular plants enlarge greatly and thicken their wall.

  • In the year of the treaty of Etaples the Yorkist conspiracies began once more to thicken, and Henry was fortunate to escape with profit from the French war before his domestic Yorkist troubles recommenced.

  • In addition to using it for large projects like canoe and home buildings, the elm bark was used to make pudding, to thicken jelly and as a survival food during the Revolutionary War.

  • Other repeated but not prevalent ingredients were cocoa powder, creating something closer to a mole sauce, cinnamon, and flour used to make a roux to thicken the sauce.

  • Nevertheless, wheat starches and gluten have been employed in the past to thicken frozen sweet treats, and, thus, individuals with gluten sensitivities can never be too careful.

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