Thickening - Definition
thickening
adj 1: accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening
gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk"
[syn: 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" [syn: thickening, thickener]
2: any thickened enlargement [syn: node, knob, thickening]
3: the act of thickening [syn: thickening, inspissation]