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Incrassate

Postby Grogie » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:16 am

To thicken or make thicker, especially with regard to consistency. ''He incrassated the soup with rice.''

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Postby Slava » Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:32 am

Would rice really change the consistency of the soup? Or would it just add bulk?

How's this one: You should slowly stir in flour to incrassate your beef drippings to form a roux.

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Postby Perry » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:46 am

Do you like your food crass?
crass
Pronunciation: 'kras
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin crassus thick, gross
1 a : GROSS 6a; especially : having or indicating such grossness of mind as precludes delicacy and discrimination b : being beneath one's dignity <crass concerns of daily life> c -- used as a pejorative intensifier <crass flattery> <crass propaganda>
2 : guided by or indicative of base or materialistic values <crass commercialism> <crass measures of success>
synonym see STUPID
- crass·ly adverb
- crass·ness noun
crass
1545, from M.Fr. crasse, from L. crassus "solid, thick, dense." The literal sense has always been rare in Eng.
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