Search Result:thickened
Overview of verb thicken
The verb thicken has 3 senses
- thicken, inspissate -- (make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch")
- thicken, inspissate -- (become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate")
- thicken, inspissate -- (make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour")
Overview of adj thickened
The adj thickened has 3 senses
- thickened -- (made or having become thick; "thickened bronchial arteries")
- calloused, callous, thickened -- (having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands")
- thickened -- (made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy"; "dust-thickened saliva")