Thickened
['θɪkən]
Definition
(adj.) made or having become thick; 'thickened bronchial arteries' .
(adj.) made thick in consistency; 'flour-thickened gravy'; 'dust-thickened saliva' .
Editor: Warren--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Thicken
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Examples
- That perils had thickened about him fast, and might thicken faster and faster yet, he of course knew now. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The light of the debut still lingered on the horizon, but the cloud had thickened; and suddenly it broke. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Her heart was set on performing her promise to Tom and Aunt Chloe, and she sighed as discouragements thickened around her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- As I still pursued my journey to the northward, the snows thickened, and the cold increased in a degree almost too severe to support. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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