any material used to thicken; starch is used in cooking as a thickening

[ Syn: thickener ]

any thickened enlargement

[ Syn: node , knob ]

the act of thickening

[ Syn: inspissation ]

accumulating and becoming more intense; the deepening gloom; felt a deepening love; the thickening dusk

[ Syn: deepening ]

becoming more intricate or complex; a thickening plot'