Thickening has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Adjective
Noun
1
any material used to thicken
"starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
2
any thickened enlargement
4
The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
Verb
1
present participle of thicken
Adjective
1
accumulating and becoming more intense
"the deepening gloom"
"felt a deepening love"
"the thickening dusk"
2
becoming more intricate or complex
"a thickening plot"
Example Sentences
"starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
noun
"the deepening gloom"
adjective
"felt a deepening love"
adjective
"the thickening dusk"
adjective
"a thickening plot"
adjective
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