thicken

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of wider).
  2. (transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
  3. (intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of wider).
  4. (intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
  5. (transitive) To strengthen; to confirm.
  6. (transitive) To make more frequent.
  7. (literary) To make more detailed or comprehensive.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈθɪkən/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English thickenen, thikkenen, perhaps from Old Norse þykkna (“to thicken”); equivalent to thick + -en. Cognate with Swedish tjockna (“to thicken”), Icelandic þykkna (“to thicken”).

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