THICKENED

thickened

(adjective) made or having become thick; “thickened bronchial arteries”

thickened

(adjective) made thick in consistency; “flour-thickened gravy”; “dust-thickened saliva”

calloused, callous, thickened

(adjective) having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; “calloused skin”; “with a workman’s callous hands”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

thickened

simple past tense and past participle of thicken

Anagrams

• kitchened

Source: Wiktionary


THICKEN

Thick"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Thickening.]

Definition: To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically: -- (a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint. (b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men. (c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.] And this may to thicken other proofs. Shak.

(d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.

Thick"en, v. i.

Definition: To become thick. "Thy luster thickens when he shines by." Shak. The press of people thickens to the court. Dryden. The combat thickens, like the storm that flies. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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