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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: thickened, thickening, thickens

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

Antonym: thin

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