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Verb thicken has 3 senses
  1. thicken, inspissate - make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"
    --1 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Antonyms: thin
    Derived forms: noun thickener1, noun thickening3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. thicken, inspissate - become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
    --2 is one way to change state, turn
    Antonyms: thin
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. thicken, inspissate - make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
    --3 is one way to change integrity
    Derived forms: noun thickener1, noun thickening3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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