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1 thicken
1. transitive verbdicker machen; eindicken [Sauce]2. intransitive verb2) (become dense) [Nebel:] dichter werdenhis speech thickened — er bekam eine schwere Zunge (geh.)
the plot thickens! — die Sache wird kompliziert!; (iron.) die Sache wird langsam interessant!
* * *verb (to make or become thick or thicker: We'll add some flour to thicken the soup; The fog thickened and we could no longer see the road.) verdicken,-dichten* * *thick·en[ˈθɪkən]II. vi1. (become less fluid) dick[er] [o dickflüssig[er]] werdentraffic in town has \thickened die Verkehrsdichte in der Stadt hat zugenommen3. (become less slim) [an Umfang] zunehmenher waist has \thickened ihre Taille ist dicker geworden4.* * *['TIkən]1. vtsauce etc eindicken2. vi1) (fog, hair, crowd, forest) dichter werden; (smoke, darkness) sich verdichten; (sauce, mixture) dick werden2) (fig plot, mystery) immer verwickelter or undurchsichtiger werdenaha, the plot thickens! — aha, jetzt wirds interessant!
* * *thicken [ˈθıkən]A v/t1. dick(er) machen, verdicken3. dicht(er) machen, verdichten4. trüben:B v/i1. dick(er) werden2. dick(flüssig) werden3. dicht(er) werden, sich verdichten4. sich trübenthe plot thickens der Knoten (im Drama etc) schürzt sich6. heftiger werden (Kampf)7. heiser werden (Stimme)* * *1. transitive verbdicker machen; eindicken [Sauce]2. intransitive verb2) (become dense) [Nebel:] dichter werdenthe plot thickens! — die Sache wird kompliziert!; (iron.) die Sache wird langsam interessant!
* * *v.verdicken v.
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