Associations to the word «Thicken»

Wiktionary

THICKEN, verb. (transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of wider).
THICKEN, verb. (transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
THICKEN, verb. (intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of wider).
THICKEN, verb. (intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
THICKEN, verb. (transitive) To strengthen; to confirm.
THICKEN, verb. (transitive) To make more frequent.

Dictionary definition

THICKEN, verb. Make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch".
THICKEN, verb. Become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate".
THICKEN, verb. Make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne