thicken : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thicken	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for thicken
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thicken v make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" Synonym(s): thicken, inspissate Antonym(s): thin become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate" Synonym(s): thicken, inspissate Antonym(s): thin make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour" Synonym(s): thicken, inspissate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thicken \Thick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thickened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thickening}.] To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically: (a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint. (b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men. (c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.] And this may to thicken other proofs. --Shak. (d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thicken \Thick"en\, v. i. To become thick. [bd]Thy luster thickens when he shines by.[b8] --Shak. The press of people thickens to the court. --Dryden. The combat thickens, like the storm that flies. --Dryden.