thickening 音标拼音: [θ'ɪkənɪŋ] [θ'ɪknɪŋ]
n . 使厚,变厚,厚的部分
使厚,变厚,厚的部分
thickening adj 1 :
accumulating and becoming more intense ; "
the deepening gloom "; "
felt a deepening love "; "
the thickening dusk "
[
synonym : {
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 " [
synonym : {
thickening }, {
thickener }]
2 :
any thickened enlargement [
synonym : {
node }, {
knob }, {
thickening }]
3 :
the act of thickening [
synonym : {
thickening }, {
inspissation }]
Thickening \
Thick "
en *
ing \,
n .
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker .
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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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50 Moby Thesaurus words for "
thickening ":
adhesiveness ,
clabbering ,
clamminess ,
clotting ,
coagulation ,
colloidality ,
concretion ,
congealment ,
congelation ,
curdling ,
doughiness ,
gelatination ,
gelatinity ,
gelatinization ,
gelatinousness ,
gelling ,
gluelikeness ,
gluiness ,
glutinosity ,
glutinousness ,
gumlikeness ,
gumminess ,
heaviness ,
incrassation ,
inspissation ,
jellification ,
jelling ,
jellying ,
jellylikeness ,
lentor ,
mucilaginousness ,
pastiness ,
ropiness ,
setting ,
slabbiness ,
sliminess ,
spissitude ,
stickiness ,
stodginess ,
stringiness ,
syrupiness ,
tackiness ,
tenaciousness ,
tenacity ,
thickness ,
toughness ,
treacliness ,
viscidity ,
viscosity ,
viscousness
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