Definitions of thicken

1. To become thick or more thick; to become dark or obscure; to concrete; to become close or more numerous; to become quick and animated; to be crowded.

2. To make or become thick or thicker.

3. To make thick ( in any sense of the word).

4. To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.

5. To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.

6. To strengthen; to confirm.

7. To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.

8. To make less thin or slender; to make dense; as, to thicken gravy with flour; to set more closely; to make dark or obscure.

9. To make thick or close: to strengthen.

10. To make, or become, thick.

11. To become thick.

12. become thick or thicker; " The sauce thickened"; " The egg yolk will inspissate"

13. To make thick or dense; to make close or more close; to fill up interstices; to make concrete; to inspissate; to make frequent or more frequent.

14. To make close or dense; to render less thin; to become dark or obscure; to become more numerous; to press or be crowded.