When you thicken a liquid or when it thickens, it becomes stiffer and more solid. Thicken the broth with the cornflour Keep stirring until the sauce thickens
{f} make thick in consistency; become thick, condense; grow more intricate, become increasingly complex
People sometimes say `the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious. `Find anything?' he asked. `Yeah. The plot thickens,' I said. to become thick, or make something thick
To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men
become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate" make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour
A thickener is a substance that is added to a liquid in order to make it stiffer and more solid. cornstarch, used as a thickener How much thickener is used?. thick·en·ing a substance used to thicken a liquid