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