thicken
Add flour to
Thicken means to make or become thicker—more dense, more viscous, or less transparent.
You thicken gravy with flour.
Fog thickens as visibility drops.
A plot thickens when complications arise and things get more interesting: The plot thickens—now her ex-husband is involved.
Coagulated mass
- curdleCongeal into lumps
- congealSolidify from liquid state
- gelWobbly semi-solid substance
- solidifyMake or become hard
jell · set · clabber · coagulate · curd · coagulant · clotting · rennet
Reduce to essentials
- concentrateReduced, potent form
- reduceMake smaller in degree
- simmerCook just under boiling
- evaporateTransition to gaseous state
deglaze · roux · slurry · cornstarch · arrowroot · reduction · stock · sauce
Excessively sweet or sentimental
- gooeySoft and sticky
- gelatinousViscous and semisolid
- glutinousSticky and viscous
- ropyForming glutinous threads
pasty · sludgy · gloppy · sticky · treacly · mucilaginous · viscid · claggy
Closely packed together
- concentratedGathered or intensified
- opaqueImpassable to light
- cloudyObscured by atmosphere
- murkyDark and unclear
turbid · impenetrable · substantial · rich · heavy · saturated · packed · compressed
clot
Coagulated mass
solidify · jell · set · clabber · coagulate · curd · coagulant · clotting · rennet · pectin
boil down
Reduce to essentials
- concentrateReduced, potent form
- reduceMake smaller in degree
- simmerCook just under boiling
evaporate · deglaze · roux · slurry · cornstarch · arrowroot · reduction · stock · sauce · gravy
syrupy
Excessively sweet or sentimental
- gooeySoft and sticky
- gelatinousViscous and semisolid
- glutinousSticky and viscous
ropy · pasty · sludgy · gloppy · sticky · treacly · mucilaginous · viscid · claggy · custard
dense
Closely packed together
- concentratedGathered or intensified
- opaqueImpassable to light
- cloudyObscured by atmosphere
murky · turbid · impenetrable · substantial · rich · heavy · saturated · packed · compressed · solid
deepen
Increase in degree
strengthen · build · escalate · compound · develop · grow · increase · mount · accumulate · layer
swell
Increase in size
spread · bulk up · fill out · enlarge · proliferate · multiply · accrue · snowball · burgeon
- hardensolidify, harden, stiffen, firm up, set
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
- surface treatmentselectroplating, anodizing, galvanizing, chrome plating, nickel plating
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- 3D Geometrycube, sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid
- CADAutoCAD, extrude, layer, fillet, polyline
- thick and thinAll circumstances, good or bad
- thick fogHeavy atmospheric moisture obscuring sight
- thick skinImmunity to criticism
- the plot thickensSituation becomes more involved
- lay it on thickExaggerate praise or emotion
- blood is thicker than waterRelatives matter most
thick, thickness, thicket, thickened, thickly, thickening, thickset, thickens, thicker