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thicken up

thicken up verb: to become or make (something) thick (either in width or in viscosity).

Verb

thicken up (third-person singular simple present thickens up, present participle thickening up, simple past and past participle thickened up)

  1. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To become or make (something) thick (either in width or in viscosity).

Forms of thicken up

third-person singular presentthickens up
present participlethickening up
past participlethickened up
pastthickened up

Questions about thicken up

What does thicken up mean?
Thicken up means to become or make (something) thick (either in width or in viscosity).
What part of speech is thicken up?
Thicken up is a verb.
What is the past tense of thicken up?
The past tense of thicken up is thickened up.

Words near thicken up in the dictionary

  1. thickbills
  2. thickbrained
  3. thicke
  4. thicked
  5. thicken
  6. thicken up
  7. thickenable
  8. thickened
  9. thickened up
  10. thickener
  11. thickeners

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