thicken
verb/ˈθɪkən/
/ˈθɪkən/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they thicken | /ˈθɪkən/ /ˈθɪkən/ |
| he / she / it thickens | /ˈθɪkənz/ /ˈθɪkənz/ |
| past simple thickened | /ˈθɪkənd/ /ˈθɪkənd/ |
| past participle thickened | /ˈθɪkənd/ /ˈθɪkənd/ |
| -ing form thickening | /ˈθɪkənɪŋ/ /ˈθɪkənɪŋ/ |
- to become thicker; to make something thicker
- Stir until the sauce has thickened.
- It was a dangerous journey through thickening fog.
- The fog had thickened slightly.
- The gloom gradually thickened.
- thicken something Thicken the stew with flour.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryThicken is used with these nouns as the subject:- custard
- fog
- light
- …
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Idioms
See thicken in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee thicken in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishthe plot thickens
- (humorous) used to say that a situation is becoming more complicated and difficult to understand
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