thicken
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make thick or thicker
Thicken the sauce
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- thin antonym
- thicken causes
- inspissation derivation
- thickening derivation
- thicken verb group
Sense 2 verb
become thick or thicker
The sauce thickened
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
Related & opposite
- thin antonym
- inspissation derivation
- thicken verb group
Sense 3 verb
make viscous or dense
thicken the sauce by adding flour
Types & categories
- change integrity hypernym
Related & opposite
- inspissation derivation
- inspissation derivation
- thickening derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | thin |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | thicken |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inspissation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thickening |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | thicken |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | thin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inspissation |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | thicken |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inspissation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inspissation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | thickening |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |