All thicken synonyms
thickΒ·en
T t verb thicken
- mucking β moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- blue pencil β deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- buffaloed β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- fossilized β Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- glueing β Present participle of glue; obsolete spelling of gluing.
- gelatinate β (transitive) To convert into gelatin or a jelly-like substance.
- condense β If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
- firmed β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- anneal β to temper or toughen (something) by heat treatment
- gelatinize β to make gelatinous.
- diffused β Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
- clabber β curdled milk
- fossilise β Alternative spelling of fossilize.
- concentrate β If you concentrate on something, or concentrate your mind on it, you give all your attention to it.
- concreted β constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
- jellied β containing or made, spread, or topped with jelly or syrup; jellied: jelly apples.
- massed β a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- decocted β Simple past tense and past participle of decoct.
- in-grain β to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind.
- gelled β Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- caseharden β to form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)
- fossilised β Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fossilized.
- firming β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- curdled β Containing curds.
- gelling β Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- jellify β to make into a jelly; reduce to a gelatinous state.
- got to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- lopper β a person or thing that lops.
- loppered β simple past tense and past participle of lopper.
- loppers β long-handled pruning shears.
- jelly β a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
- gluing β a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- grow β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- buffaloing β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- congeal β When a liquid congeals, it becomes very thick and sticky and almost solid.
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- coagulate β When a liquid coagulates, it becomes very thick.
- casehardened β Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
- muddy the waters β If someone or something muddies the waters, they cause a situation or issue to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
- mark up β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- curdling β Present participle of curdle.
- massing β a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- increase β to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- candied β Food such as candied fruit has been covered with sugar or has been cooked in sugar syrup.
- buffalo β A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- casehardening β Present participle of caseharden.