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thicken (encz) | thicken,přiostřit v: Zdeněk Brož |
thicken (encz) | thicken,zahustit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Thicken (gcide) | Thicken \Thick"en\, v. i.
To become thick. "Thy luster thickens when he shines by."
--Shak.
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The press of people thickens to the court. --Dryden.
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The combat thickens, like the storm that flies.
--Dryden.
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Thicken (gcide) | Thicken \Thick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thickened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Thickening.]
To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically:
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(a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.
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(b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken
cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
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(c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.]
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And this may to thicken other proofs. --Shak.
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(d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
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thicken (wn) | thicken
v 1: make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the
tar so that it becomes pitch" [syn: thicken,
inspissate] [ant: thin]
2: become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk
will inspissate" [syn: thicken, inspissate] [ant: thin]
3: make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
[syn: thicken, inspissate] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
thicken (encz) | thicken,přiostřit v: Zdeněk Brožthicken,zahustit v: Zdeněk Brož |
thickened (encz) | thickened,zahuštěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
thickener (encz) | thickener,zahušťovač n: Zdeněk Brožthickener,zahušťovadlo Zdeněk Brož |
thickening (encz) | thickening,tloustnutí n: Zdeněk Brožthickening,zahušťování n: Zdeněk Brož |
thickens (encz) | thickens,zahušťuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
Thickened (gcide) | Thicken \Thick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thickened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Thickening.]
To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically:
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(a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.
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(b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken
cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
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(c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.]
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And this may to thicken other proofs. --Shak.
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(d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
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Thickening (gcide) | Thickening \Thick"en*ing\, n.
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
[1913 Webster]Thicken \Thick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thickened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Thickening.]
To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically:
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(a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.
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(b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken
cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
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(c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.]
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And this may to thicken other proofs. --Shak.
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(d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
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thicken (wn) | thicken
v 1: make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the
tar so that it becomes pitch" [syn: thicken,
inspissate] [ant: thin]
2: become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk
will inspissate" [syn: thicken, inspissate] [ant: thin]
3: make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
[syn: thicken, inspissate] |
thickened (wn) | thickened
adj 1: made or having become thick; "thickened bronchial
arteries"
2: having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through
wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"
[syn: calloused, callous, thickened]
3: made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy"; "dust-
thickened saliva" |
thickener (wn) | thickener
n 1: any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as
a thickening" [syn: thickening, thickener] |
thickening (wn) | thickening
adj 1: accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening
gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk"
[syn: deepening(a), thickening(a)]
2: becoming more intricate or complex; "a thickening plot"
n 1: any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as
a thickening" [syn: thickening, thickener]
2: any thickened enlargement [syn: node, knob, thickening]
3: the act of thickening [syn: thickening, inspissation] |
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