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Definition of thickening : 1. of Thicken
2. Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.

Synonyms:

leaf node, client, complex, lymph node, gathering, deepening, node, inspissation, guest, lymph gland, intensifying, thickener, boss, pommel, knob

hardening, congealing, jelling, setting, solidifying, coagulating

distension, spreading, broadening, expansion, enlargement, lengthening, dilation, burgeoning, inflation, amplification, increase, extension, growth, augmentation, widening, stretching, increment, swelling, fattening, development, crescendo, magnification, engorgement

extending, growing, amplifying, developing, enlarging, augmenting, expanding, engorging, dilating, incrementing, distending, inflating, magnifying, increasing

Usage examples:

• The stranger drove by, like a dark vision and, ere another minute, her form was beginning to grow less distinct, in a thickening body of the spray to leeward. - "The Red Rover", James Fenimore Cooper.
• She said, resignedly, " Let's walk on," and they walked on down the narrow path between the thickening clumps of arbutus; this time he led, his head turned over his shoulder to watch her as she followed. - "The Disturbing Charm", Berta Ruck.
• The star may be hidden by thickening clouds, but the sun will not fail to rise. - "Sketches of the Covenanters", J. C. McFeeters.