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Verb
/ˈTHikən/,
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thickening, present participle; thickened, past tense; thickens, 3rd person singular present; thickened, past participle;
  1. Make or become thick or thicker
    • - thicken the sauce with flour
    • - the fog had thickened
  1. make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
  2. make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
  3. (thickened) calloused: having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"
  4. (thickening) any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
  5. In cooking, thickening is the process of increasing the viscosity of a liquid either by reduction, or by the addition of a thickening agent, typically containing starch.
  6. 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)
  7. (Thickening) The concentration of the solids in a suspension with a view to recovering one fraction with a higher concentration of solids than in the original suspension.
  8. Thickening of vegetation is a change in carbon per unit area arising from human induced changes in grazing or fire regimes. ...
  9. To make a liquid more thick by reducing or adding a roux, starch, or eggs.
  10. To add a thickening agent such as flour, cornstarch, egg yolks, etc.
  11. to cook or cook down sauces and soups and allow them to become denser. Corn flour is often used for this as well.
  12. To bind liquids and solids to form a thick mixture.
  13. To stir together cornstarch and cold water and then adding to food to thicken.