Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thickening"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thicken \Thick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thickened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Thickening}.]
To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically:
(a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.
(b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken
cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
(c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.]
And this may to thicken other proofs. --Shak.
(d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thickening \Thick"en*ing\, n.
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thickening
adj 1: accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening
gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the gathering
darkness"; "the thickening dusk" [syn: {deepening(a)},
{gathering(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: {thickener}]
2: any thickened enlargement [syn: {node}, {knob}]
3: the act of thickening [syn: {inspissation}]
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