thickening
adjective
- 1
accumulating and becoming more intense
the deepening gloom
felt a deepening love
- 2
becoming more intricate or complex
a thickening plot
noun
- 1
the act of thickening
- 2
any thickened enlargement
- 3
any material used to thicken
starch is used in cooking as a thickening
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