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thickening::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | inspissation |
| Type of | condensation, condensing |
| Derivation | thicken |
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | knob, node |
| Type of | convexity, convex shape |
thickening::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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a thickening plot.
Examples of thickening
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Their acid works wonders, from tenderizing meat to thickening egg-yolk mixtures.
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The parsley plant is thickening up but hasn't gotten big enough to harvest from.
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As the marchers set out from Qadri's home, they are joined by thickening crowds.
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This thickening in areas that control attention paralleled clinical improvement.
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Instead thrust faults generally cause a thickening of the stratigraphic section.
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Titan is the only icy satellite where the shortening and thickening are dominant.
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Temperatures will then begin to back off again under a thickening marine layer.
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At first, as the plaques grow, only wall thickening occurs without any narrowing.
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Fruit juice is less popular, as it can lead to a thickening of the vocal cords.
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- Any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
- Deepening(a): accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk"
- Becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot"
- Node: any thickened enlargement
- The act of thickening
- (thickened) made or having become thick; "thickened bronchial arteries"
- (thickened) calloused: having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"
- In cooking, thickening is the process of increasing the viscosity of a liquid either by reduction, or by the addition of a thickening agent, typically containing starch.
- (thicken) To make thicker (in the sense of wider); To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous); To become thicker (in the sense of wider); To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous)
