Thicken

What do we mean by thicken?

To make or become thick or thicker. transitive & intransitive verb

To make or become more intense, intricate, or complex. transitive & intransitive verb

To become thick or thicker.

To become deeper or heavier; gain bulk.

Of a liquid, to approach more nearly a state of solidity; gain firmer consistency; also, to become turbid or cloudy.

To become dark or obscure; specifically, of the weather, etc., to become misty or foggy.

To grow more intense, profound, animated, intricate, etc.; become complicated.

To gain in number or frequency; hence, to crowd; throng.

To become indistinct.

To make thick or thicker.

To increase in depth, or distance between opposite surfaces; hence, figuratively, to make stouter or more substantial; strengthen.

Of liquids, to increase the consistency of; inspissate: as, to thicken gravy with flour; also, to render turbid or cloudy.

To obscure with clouds or mist; befog.

To make more numerous or frequent; redouble: as, to thicken blows.

A spelling of thick 'un (which see, under thick, a.). noun

To become thick. intransitive verb

To make thick (in any sense of the word). transitive verb

To render dense; to inspissate. transitive verb

To make close; to fill up interstices in. transitive verb

To strengthen; to confirm. transitive verb

To make thicker (in the sense of wider).

To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous).

To become thicker (in the sense of wider).

To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).

To strengthen; to confirm.

To make more frequent.

Words that are spelled similarly to thicken:
thicken, chicken, thicket, thicker, ticken, hicken, thicke.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word thicken:
gravy, mucus, custard, solidify, stew, starch, cervical, sauce, thicker, soup, flour, butter, potatoes, neural, coconut, egg, dish, ingredients, cheese, clouds, milk, dishes, cream, cooking, cuisine, thin, mixture, taste, meat, bread, liquid, armor, sugar, thick, rice, foods, reducing, bone, fruit, cold, add, blood, hair, grow, gradually, roots, skin, adding, salt, leaves, reduce, cells, ice, growth, sound, oil, becomes, surface, color, disease, heart, levels, formation, resulting, fish.

Words that rhyme with thicken:
chicken, stricken, quicken, wiccan, sicken, kick in, ficken, picon, icann, prairie chicken, stick in, dicken, hicken, maryland chicken, picken, greater prairie chicken, licon, brick in, lesser prairie chicken, ricken, bikin, bailiwick in, barwick in, bic in, blick in, bolshevik in, brick inn, broomstick in, candlestick in, chick in, chopstick in, click in, crick in, dic in, dipstick in, fenwick in, fick in, flick in, frick in, gatwick in, glick in, hardwick in, hick in, homesick in, impolitic in, joystick in, keswick in, kubrick in, lasik in, lick in, lipstick in, lunatic in, marwick in, mic in, mick in, nic in, nick in, nightstick in, ostpolitik in, pic in, pick in, pickwick in, picnic in, politic in, quick in, realpolitik in, ric in, rick in, schick in, schlick in, seasick in, sic in, sick in, sidekick in, slapstick in, slick in, thick in, tic in, tick in, toothpick in, triassic in, trick in, uptick in, vic in, vicon, wicca in, wick in, yardstick in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe thicken:
uterus, unnoticed, latter, left, spinal, heated, amsterdam, wreaths, ovule, handed.

Consonant match to thicken:
theca in, thick in.

Words that sound like thicken:
thicken, the gun, the can, thickens, thickened, thickener, the king, sicken, ficken, ticken, hicken, sicon, theca, ithacan, the hun, second, kickin, secon, theon, kuchen, kick in, sucken, thicko, thigpen, thion, kikin, mechan, suchen, ethicon, meccan, the n, thumbkin, the skin, chicken, taken, token, talkin, toucan, tucan, macon, wiccan, dicken, picken, hawken, wicken, cecum, soken, tigon, machen, macken, licon, hakan, richen, sakon, dickon, ricken, makan, hokan, hacken, picon, cocon, hakon, hickam, facon, haakon, haken, kochan, machan, koken, falken, chicon, chikan, hocken, kokan, secan, tacon, meeken, fokken, kick on, sick on, zeichen, ficon, zakon, sicom, hakken, the sun, the game, suck in, the key, the queen, the crown, the cow, the one, the cut, the son, the run, muck in, the couch, the clown, the count.