Thickening
['θɪk(ə)nɪŋ] or ['θɪkənɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of thickening.
(noun.) any material used to thicken; 'starch is used in cooking as a thickening'.
(adj.) becoming more intricate or complex; 'a thickening plot' .
Typist: Paul--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thicken
(n.) Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
Typist: Randall
Examples
- Thirdly, the employment of the fulling-mill for thickening the cloth, instead of treading it in water. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The reddleman watched his form as it diminished to a speck on the road and became absorbed in the thickening films of night. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A heavily timbered park stretched up in a gentle slope, thickening into a grove at the highest point. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He sat for a long time on the bench in the thickening dusk, his eyes never turning from the balcony. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Robert Jordan felt the ache in his throat and his voice thickening. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The plot was but thickening; the wonder but culminating. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The wind blew fiercely now, and the thickening white storm waxed bewildering; but on she came, and not dismayed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I, too, said Robert Jordan, and could feel his voice thickening. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- To prevent thickening add a few drops of solution of mercury salt. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- His eyes seemed to reach my inmost soul through the thickening obscurity of the twilight. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They have the peculiar flattening and thickening which marks the boxing man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Checker: Zachariah