thickening

(noun) any material used to thicken. Synonyms: thickener. Example: "Starch is used in cooking as a thickening."

(noun) any thickened enlargement. Synonyms: node, knob.

(noun) the act of thickening. Synonyms: inspissation.

(verb) make thick or thicker. Synonyms: thicken, inspissate. Examples: "Thicken the sauce." "Inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch."

(verb) become thick or thicker. Synonyms: thicken, inspissate. Examples: "The sauce thickened." "The egg yolk will inspissate."

(verb) make viscous or dense. Synonyms: thicken, inspissate. Example: "Thicken the sauce by adding flour."

(adj) accumulating and becoming more intense. Synonyms: deepening(prenominal), thickening(prenominal). Examples: "The deepening gloom." "Felt a deepening love." "The thickening dusk."

(adj) becoming more intricate or complex. Example: "A thickening plot."