thicken

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T0163400 (thĭk′ən)tr. & intr.v. thick·ened, thick·en·ing, thick·ens 1. To make or become thick or thicker: Thicken the sauce with cornstarch. The crowd thickened near the doorway.2. To make or become more intense, intricate, or complex: The leader's departure thickens the problems. Our apprehension thickened.

thick′en·er n.

thicken

(ˈθɪkən) vb1. to make or become thick or thicker: thicken the soup by adding flour. 2. (intr) to become more involved: the plot thickened. ˈthickener n

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(ˈθɪk ən)

v.t., v.i. 1. to make or become thick or thicker. 2. to make or grow more profound or intricate: The plot thickens in the next chapter. [1375–1425; late Middle English thiknen < Old Norse thykkna. See thick, -en¹] thick′en•er, n.

thicken

Past participle: thickened
Gerund: thickening

Imperative
thicken
thicken

Present
I thicken
you thicken
he/she/it thickens
we thicken
you thicken
they thicken

Preterite
I thickened
you thickened
he/she/it thickened
we thickened
you thickened
they thickened

Present Continuous
I am thickening
you are thickening
he/she/it is thickening
we are thickening
you are thickening
they are thickening

Present Perfect
I have thickened
you have thickened
he/she/it has thickened
we have thickened
you have thickened
they have thickened

Past Continuous
I was thickening
you were thickening
he/she/it was thickening
we were thickening
you were thickening
they were thickening

Past Perfect
I had thickened
you had thickened
he/she/it had thickened
we had thickened
you had thickened
they had thickened

Future
I will thicken
you will thicken
he/she/it will thicken
we will thicken
you will thicken
they will thicken

Future Perfect
I will have thickened
you will have thickened
he/she/it will have thickened
we will have thickened
you will have thickened
they will have thickened

Future Continuous
I will be thickening
you will be thickening
he/she/it will be thickening
we will be thickening
you will be thickening
they will be thickening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been thickening
you have been thickening
he/she/it has been thickening
we have been thickening
you have been thickening
they have been thickening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been thickening
you will have been thickening
he/she/it will have been thickening
we will have been thickening
you will have been thickening
they will have been thickening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been thickening
you had been thickening
he/she/it had been thickening
we had been thickening
you had been thickening
they had been thickening

Conditional
I would thicken
you would thicken
he/she/it would thicken
we would thicken
you would thicken
they would thicken

Past Conditional
I would have thickened
you would have thickened
he/she/it would have thickened
we would have thickened
you would have thickened
they would have thickened

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	thicken - make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"inspissatealter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"thicken, inspissate - become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"thin - make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
	2.	thicken - become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"inspissatechange state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"thicken, inspissate - make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"thin - lose thickness; become thin or thinner
	3.	thicken - make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"inspissatechange integrity - change in physical make-up

thicken

verb1. set, condense, congeal, cake, gel, clot, jell, coagulate, inspissate (archaic) Keep stirring until the sauce thickens.
set thin, weaken, dilute, water down2. deepen, become more involved, become more complicated, become more mysterious 'Find anything?' he asked. 'Yeah. The plot thickens,' I said.

thicken

verbTo make thick or thicker, especially through evaporation or condensation:condense, inspissate.

Translations

使变厚或更厚使变密或更密使变浓或更浓使变粗或更粗

thick

(θik) adjective1. having a relatively large distance between opposite sides; not thin. a thick book; thick walls; thick glass.厚的2. having a certain distance between opposite sides. It's two inches thick; a two-inch-thick pane of glass.厚3. (of liquids, mixtures etc) containing solid matter; not flowing (easily) when poured. thick soup.粘稠的4. made of many single units placed very close together; dense. a thick forest; thick hair.茂密的5. difficult to see through. thick fog.浓厚的6. full of, covered with etc. The room was thick with dust; The air was thick with smoke.充满的7. stupid. Don't be so thick!笨的 noun the thickest, most crowded or active part. in the thick of the forest; in the thick of the fight. 最密集的部分，最激烈处 ˈthickly adverb厚厚地ˈthickness noun 厚（度） ˈthicken verb to make or become thick or thicker. We'll add some flour to thicken the soup; The fog thickened and we could no longer see the road. 使变厚（粗、密、浓），或更厚（更粗、更密、更浓） ˌthick-ˈskinned adjective not easily hurt by criticism or insults. You won't upset her – she's very thick-skinned. 不知羞耻的，厚脸皮的 thick and fast frequently and in large numbers. The bullets/insults were flying thick and fast.频频through thick and thin whatever happens; in spite of all difficulties. They were friends through thick and thin. 不顾艰难险阻，不论祸福

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the plot thickens

A situation or set of circumstances has become more complex, mysterious, interesting, or difficult to understand. A: "This whole time I presumed he was working for my father, but it turns out my father has never heard of him!" B: "Ooh, the plot thickens!" Now the plot thickens, as police have opened a line of inquiry into the governor's whereabouts on the date of the incident.See also: plot, thicken

thicken up

To become or cause something to be thicker, broader, or denser. A noun or pronoun can be used between "thicken" and "up." Leave the soup on a low heat for another hour so that it thickens up a bit. If your batter is too runny, add a bit of flour to thicken it up. They've put me on a calcium supplement to help thicken up my bones.See also: thicken, up

plot thickens

Things are becoming more complicated or interesting. The police assumed that the woman was murdered by her ex-husband, but he has an alibi. The plot thickens. John is supposed to be going out with Mary, but I saw him last night with Sally. The plot thickens.See also: plot, thicken

thicken something up

1. to make something, such as a fluid, thicker. I have to thicken this gravy up before we can serve dinner. Please thicken up the gravy before you serve it. 2. to make something wider. See this line here? You need to thicken it up so that it shows more clearly. Try to thicken up the line a little.See also: thicken, up

plot thickens, the

Circumstances are becoming very complex or mysterious. Today this term is often used ironically or half-humorously, as in His companion wasn't his wife or his partner-the plot thickens. Originally (1671) it described the plot of a play that was overly intricate, and by the late 1800s it was used for increasingly complex mysteries in detective stories. See also: plot

the plot thickens

People say the plot thickens when a situation or series of events starts to become even more complicated or strange. The plot thickens when he finds diamonds worth 6m euros hidden in a box of salt in the dead man's room. At this point the plot thickened further. A link emerged between the attempt to kill the Pope and the kidnapping of the American. Note: This phrase was widely used in 19th century melodramas, or popular plays that involved extreme situations and extreme emotions, and is now used humorously See also: plot, thicken

the plot thickens

the situation becomes more difficult and complex. This expression comes from The Rehearsal ( 1671 ), a burlesque drama by George Villiers , 2nd Duke of Buckingham: ‘now the plot thickens very much upon us’.See also: plot, thicken

the plot ˈthickens

(often humorous) used to say that a situation is becoming more complicated and difficult to understand: Aha, so both Karen and Steve had the day off work yesterday? The plot thickens!See also: plot, thicken

thicken up

v.1. To become thicker or denser: The gravy thickened up.2. To cause something to become thicker or denser: I thickened the batter up by adding more flour. The cook thickened up the fudge.See also: thicken, up

plot thickens, the

The situation is becoming increasingly complex. Originally the term was used to describe the plot of a play that was becoming byzantine in its complexity; it was so used by George Villiers in his 1672 comedy The Rehearsal (3.2). It was repeated by numerous writers and became particularly popular in mystery novels, from Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet (1887) on. Today it is often used sarcastically or ironically of some situation that is needlessly complex but scarcely meets the description of a sinister plot.See also: plot

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