thickening
pronunciation
How to pronounce thickening in British English:
UK ['θɪkənɪŋ]
How to pronounce thickening in American English:
US ['θɪkənɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- any material used to thicken
- any thickened enlargement
- the act of thickening
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- Adjective:
- accumulating and becoming more intense
- becoming more intricate or complex
Word Origin
- thickening (n.)
- "substance used to thicken something," 1839, verbal noun from thicken.
Example
- 1. Doctor craven believed that the bleeding took place because aspirin prevented blood from thickening .
- 2. The array is coated with liquid vaccine mixed with a thickening agent .
- 3. These traits were also predictive of greater of arterial thickening , sutin 's group found .
- 4. The data fog is thickening at a time when companies are trying to squeeze ever more out of their workers .
- 5. It has already reached 90 percent of its full size by the time a person is six , and a thickening skull accounts for most head growth afterward .