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Verb: thicken  thi-kun
  1. Make thick or thicker
    "Thicken the sauce"
    - inspissate
     
  2. Become thick or thicker
    "The sauce thickened"
    - inspissate
     
  3. Make viscous or dense
    "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
    - inspissate

Derived forms: thickening, thickens, thickened

See also: thickener, thickening

Type of: alter, change, change integrity, change state, modify, turn

Antonym: thin