Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Made thicker in consistency: Having been caused to become more dense, viscous, or less fluid.
   • Having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear: Describing skin that has become hardened and thickened, typically from repeated friction or pressure.
   • Made or having become thick: A general state of having increased in thickness or density.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The chef served the stew with a thickened sauce. (The sauce was made more dense.)
  • His thickened, calloused palms were a testament to years of manual labor. (His skin was made tough and thick.)
  • The artery walls were thickened due to the condition. (The walls had become thick.)

Advanced Usage

• "become thickened": To undergo the process of becoming thick.
  • The mixture will become thickened as it cools.
• "appear thickened": To have the visual or tactile quality of being thick.
  • The joint appeared swollen and thickened on the X-ray.

Variants and Related Words

• Thicken (verb): To make or become thick or thicker.
  • Cornstarch is used to thicken the gravy.
• Thickening (noun/gerund): 1. The process of becoming thick. 2. A substance used to make something thick.
  • The thickening of the fog made driving dangerous.
  • Flour is a common thickening for soups.

Synonyms

• Condensed: Made denser or more concentrated.
• Coagulated: Changed to a solid or semi-solid state.
• Calloused: Having areas of thickened and hardened skin.
• Sclerosed: Hardened or thickened, especially in a pathological context (e.g., tissue).

Related Phrases

• Thickened with: Describes the substance used to cause thickening.
  • A soup thickened with pureed vegetables.

Adjective

1. made thick in consistency
   • flour-thickened gravy
   • dust-thickened saliva
2. having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
   • calloused skin
   • with a workman's callous hands
3. made or having become thick
   • thickened bronchial arteries