thickened Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb make thick or thicker
   thicken; inspissate.
   
   • Thicken the sauce
   • inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch
2. verb become thick or thicker
   thicken; inspissate.
   
   • The sauce thickened
   • The egg yolk will inspissate
3. verb make viscous or dense
   thicken; inspissate.
   
   • thicken the sauce by adding flour
4. adjective satellite made or having become thick
   
   • thickened bronchial arteries
5. adjective satellite having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
   calloused; callous.
   
   • calloused skin
   • with a workman's callous hands
6. adjective satellite made thick in consistency
   
   • flour-thickened gravy
   • dust-thickened saliva

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