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[ verb ] make thick or thicker
Synonyms Examples "Thicken the sauce" "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" Used in print (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)The intima of the larger coronary_arteries was thickened by fibrous_tissue containing fusiform clefts and mononuclear cells . Macrophages laden with brown pigment were seen in some of the alveoli , and the intima of some of the small arteries was thickened by fibrous_tissue . Related terms |
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[ verb ] become thick or thicker
Synonyms Examples "The sauce thickened" "The egg yolk will inspissate" Used in print (Eugene Burdick, "The Invisible Aborigine"...)Watching , they waited until the squall thickened and began to move in a long drifting slant across the dry burning land . (Cordwainer Smith, "A Planet Named Shayol,"...)With this he felt his lips thicken and his mind go slack . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make viscous or dense
Synonyms Examples "thicken the sauce by adding flour" Related terms |
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