Thickened

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thicken \Thick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thickened}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Thickening}.]
     To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically: 
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     (a) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.
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     (b) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken
         cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
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     (c) To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.]
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               And this may to thicken other proofs. --Shak.
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     (d) To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thickened
       adj 1: made or having become thick; "thickened bronchial arteries"
       2: having skin made tough and thick through wear [syn: {calloused}]
       3: made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy";
          "dust-thickened saliva"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "thickened":
     adhesive, amylaceous, caked, cakey, clabbered, clammy, clotted,
     coagulated, congealed, curded, curdled, doughy, gaumy, gelatinized,
     gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose,
     glutinous, gooey, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous,
     gummy, heavy, incrassate, inspissate, inspissated, jelled, jellied,
     jellylike, lumpish, lumpy, mucilaginous, pasty, ropy, slabby,
     slimy, slithery, starchy, sticky, stodgy, stringy, syrupy, tacky,
     tenacious, thick, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, viscid, viscose,
     viscous