thicken

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}]
    

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 \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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68 Moby Thesaurus words for "thicken":
      add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beat up, boost, broaden,
      build, build up, cake, candy, churn, clabber, clot, clump, cluster,
      coagulate, colloid, colloidize, concrete, condense, congeal, cream,
      crystallize, curd, curdle, emulsify, emulsionize, enlarge, exalt,
      expand, extend, fatten, fill out, firm up, gel, gelatinate,
      gelatinize, granulate, grow thick, harden, hike, hike up,
      incrassate, increase, inflate, inspissate, jack up, jell, jellify,
      jelly, jump up, knot, lengthen, lopper, lump, maximize, parlay,
      put up, pyramid, raise, set, solidify, stiffen, take a set, thick,
      up, whip