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")