Thickened — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make thick or thicker

become thick or thicker

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/θˈɪkənd/

🇬🇧British English

/θˈɪkənd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/θˈɪkənd/

3 syllables Say it as /θˈɪkənd/.

Examples

Thicken the sauce
inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch
The sauce thickened

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

calloused inspissate callous thicken

Antonyms

thin

Parts of Speech

verb	make thick or thicker “Thicken the sauce”
verb	become thick or thicker “The sauce thickened”
verb	make viscous or dense “thicken the sauce by adding flour”
adjective	made or having become thick “thickened bronchial arteries”
adjective	having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear “calloused skin”
adjective	made thick in consistency “flour-thickened gravy”

Word Forms

thickener	noun	any material used to thicken
thickening	noun	the act of thickening
inspissation	noun	the act of thickening
callosity	noun	an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verdickt

dick oder dicker machen

🇫🇷French

épaissi

rendre épais ou plus épais

🇪🇸Spanish

engrosado

hacer espeso o más grueso

🇮🇹Italian

addensato

rendere spesso o più spesso

🇳🇱Dutch

verdikt

dik of dikker maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

engrossado

tornar grosso ou mais grosso

🇷🇺Russian

утолщенный

сделать толще или толще

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गाढ़ा

मोटा या मोटा बनाना

🇧🇩Bengali

ঘন

ঘন বা ঘন করা

🇮🇳Tamil

தடித்த

தடித்த அல்லது தடிமனாக செய்ய

🇮🇳Telugu

చిక్కగా

మందంగా లేదా మందంగా చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

घट्ट झाले

जाड किंवा जाड करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

જાડું

જાડા અથવા જાડા બનાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಪ್ಪನಾದ

ದಪ್ಪ ಅಥವಾ ದಪ್ಪವಾಗಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കട്ടിയായി

കട്ടിയുള്ളതോ കട്ടിയുള്ളതോ ആക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਘਣਾ

ਮੋਟਾ ਜਾਂ ਮੋਟਾ ਬਣਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

گاڑھا

موٹی یا موٹی بنائیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

加厚的

变厚或更厚

🇯🇵Japanese

厚くなった

厚くするか厚くする

🇰🇷Korean

두꺼워진

두껍게 만들거나 두껍게 만들다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

dày lên

làm dày hoặc dày hơn

🇹🇭Thai

หนาขึ้น

ทำให้หนาขึ้นหรือหนาขึ้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

menebal

buat kental atau kental

🇵🇭Filipino

kumapal

gawing makapal o mas makapal

🇲🇾Malay

menebal

membuat tebal atau lebih tebal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سميكة

جعل سميكة أو أكثر سمكا

🇮🇷Persian

غلیظ شده است

ضخیم یا ضخیم تر کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

kalınlaştırılmış

kalın veya daha kalın yapmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְעוּבֶּה

לעשות עבה או עבה יותר

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