thicken

thicken is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make thick (in any sense of the word). Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make thick (in any sense of the word).
2. transitive verb. To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.
3. transitive verb. To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
4. transitive verb. To strengthen; to confirm.
5. transitive verb. To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
6. intransitive verb. To become thick.
7. verb. become thick or thicker

   "The sauce thickened"

   "The egg yolk will inspissate"

   Synonyms: inspissate

8. verb. make thick or thicker

   "Thicken the sauce"

   "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"

   Synonyms: inspissate

9. verb. make viscous or dense

   "thicken the sauce by adding flour"

   Synonyms: inspissate

Synonyms

inspissate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in thicken:

kitchen

Common word forms

thickens, thickened, thickener, thickening

Words from these letters

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