Tom added wheat to thicken the soup.
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Thicken
//ˈθɪkən//
Synonyms for "thicken" (85 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
94 translations across 22 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- shtoj verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- trash verb ((transitive) to make wider)
- trash verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
- zgjeroj verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
Arabic
2 entries- عَقَّدَ verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- غَلَّظَ verb ((transitive) to make wider)
Bulgarian
4 entries- сгъстявам се verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
- сгъстяван verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- удебелявам verb ((transitive) to make wider)
- удебелявам се verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
Catalan
4 entries- espessir verb ((transitive) to make wider)
- espessir verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- espessir verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
- espessir verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
Czech
1 entries- houstnout verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
Dutch
3 entries- verbreden verb ((transitive) to make wider)
- verbreden verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
- verdikken verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
Finnish
4 entries- paksuntaa verb ((transitive) to make wider)
- paksuntaa verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- paksuuntua verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
- paksuuntua verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
French
4 entries- lier verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- s'épaissir verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
- s'épaissir verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
- se densifier verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
Galician
4 entries- entestar verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- entestar verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
- espesar verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- espesar verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
Hungarian
4 entries- behabar verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- besűrít verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- besűrűsödik verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
- habar verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
Ido
3 entries- denseskar verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- densigar verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- dikigar verb ((transitive) to make wider)
Italian
2 entries- infittire verb ((transitive) to make wider)
- infittirsi verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
Latin
1 entries- lato verb ((transitive) to make wider)
Latvian
1 entries- biezināt verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
Māori
1 entries- ete verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
Occitan
4 entries- espessir verb ((transitive) to make wider)
- espessir verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- espessir verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
- espessir verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قویولمق verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
Polish
4 entries- grubieć verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
- gęstnieć verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
- pogrubiać verb ((transitive) to make wider)
- pogrubić verb ((transitive) to make wider)
Russian
4 entries- сгусти́ть verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- сгусти́ться verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
- сгуща́ть verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- сгуща́ться verb ((intransitive) to become more viscous)
Spanish
4 entries- embarnecer verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
- embastecer verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
- engrosar verb ((transitive) to make wider)
- engrosar verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
Turkish
2 entries- kalınlaşmak verb ((intransitive) to become wider)
- kalınlaştırmak verb ((transitive) to make wider)
Ukrainian
4 entries- густи́ти verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- згу́щувати verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- згусти́ти verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
- згуща́ти verb ((transitive) to make more viscous)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Let the sauce thicken first, but keep an eye on it and keep stirring.
Source: tatoeba (6582612)
The sauce should simmer, but not boil, for at least 30 minutes to thicken.
Source: tatoeba (8987935)
Ziri saw the smoke thicken from that direction.
Source: tatoeba (11231699)
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