thickening
/ˈθɪkənɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of thicken.
- The ice is thickening on the lake.
- The plot is thickening with each new clue.
- The sauce is thickening on the stove.
noun
- The process of becoming thicker or making something thicker.
- Doctors monitored the thickening of the patient's artery walls.
- The thickening of the fog made driving dangerous.
- The thickening of the sauce takes about five minutes.
- A substance or ingredient used to thicken a liquid.
- Add a little thickening to the soup to improve its texture.
- The chef prepared a roux as a thickening for the gumbo.
- This recipe uses a cornstarch thickening.
- A thickened part or area, especially in the body.
- The doctor noted a thickening of the skin on the patient's palms.
- He felt a thickening under his skin near the scar.
- The scan showed a thickening in the lung tissue.
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adjective
- Becoming thicker or more dense.
- The thickening clouds warned of an approaching storm.
- She stirred the thickening gravy to prevent lumps.
- The thickening crowd made it hard to move through the street.