Definition of thickening

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1	[ adjective ] accumulating and becoming more intense Synonyms gathering deepening Examples "the deepening gloom" "felt a deepening love" "the gathering darkness" "the thickening dusk" Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....) He was standing there , he thought , in Virginia , in the thickening dusk , in a costly greatcoat that had belonged_to another Jew . Related terms intensifying
2	[ noun ] any material used to thicken Synonyms thickener Examples "starch is used in cooking as a thickening" Related terms material thicken
3	[ adjective ] becoming more intricate or complex Examples "a thickening plot" Related terms complex
4	[ noun ] any thickened enlargement Synonyms knob node Related terms convex_shape
5	[ noun ] the act of thickening Synonyms inspissation Related terms condensing thicken thicken
*	Rhymes with quickening sickening thinning envisioning commissioning conditioning partitioning weakening positioning repositioning stiffening cunning sickening glistening reckoning listening christening inning sickening seasoning reasoning quickening sickening likening slackening awakening blackening cushioning darkening summoning functioning malfunctioning sanctioning sweetening deepening inning disillusioning vacationing fashioning rationing lengthening determining counting tightening reckoning shunning commissioning envisioning repositioning positioning partitioning beginning conditioning stiffening unquestioning questioning stunning deafening heartening deadening shortening sinning winning pinning threatening leavening disheartening lessening stiffening apportioning sanctioning stiffening opening caning poisoning counting winning sinning pinning reclining declining running weakening strengthening lengthening meaning evening ripening broadening heightening happening maddening lightening enlightening softening frightening fastening hastening worsening fattening saddening loosening widening grinning clowning grinning spinning crowning printing listening cleaning cunning kenning tanning designing caning gardening dampening blackening hardening kenning glistening listening christening leaning weaning accounting glistening spinning printing listening christening demeaning screening darkening meaning intervening adjoining leaning evening weaning yawning awning returning retaining disappointing defining refining concerning convening greening ballooning imprinting turning tuning tanning stunning lengthening intervening strengthening glistening christening tightening threatening reasoning unreasoning seasoning mining shunning shining reckoning deepening scanning cushioning assigning aligning regaining yearning yawning beginning whitening convening reckoning cloning crooning greening deepening imprinting cleaning unreasoning cushioning functioning malfunctioning housecleaning sanctioning wanting downing dining ironing dawning Phonetic and Homophones TH IH1 K N IH0 NG TH IH1 K AH0 N IH0 NG To share this definition click "text" (Facebook, Twitter) or "link" (blog, mail) then paste text link
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