The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thicken \Thick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Thickening.] To make thick (in any sense of the word). Specifically:
To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.
To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.
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To strengthen; to confirm. [Obs.]
And this may to thicken other proofs.
--Shak. To make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: thicken)
WordNet
adj. made or having become thick; "thickened bronchial arteries"
having skin made tough and thick through wear [syn: calloused]
made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy"; "dust-thickened saliva"
Usage examples of "thickened".
Darkness closed in, the crowds thickened again, and Mingolla continued his walk, strolling past stalls with necklaces of light bulbs strung along their frames, wires leading off them to generators whose rattle drowned out the chirring of frogs and crickets.
A moment later the ring of footsoldiers thickened, as rank after rank joined them.
The geysers themselves were not too dangerous, since one became aware of their presence at a distance, before actually seeing the skyward-spouting, vibrating columns of gases that were thickened from subterranean pressure.
Prince listened to music with his green eyes closed, the formidable, gourdlike face thickened out towards the jaws.
They set to work with their hatchets, and were soon creeping, insectlike, up its surface, with their heels projecting over the thinnest kind of nothingness, thickened up a little with a few wandering shreds and films of cloud moving in a lazy procession far below.
Rage was a living, breathing entity in the room with mem. The air thickened into a heavy mass, a dark cloud of roiling energy until it was difficult to breathe.
It was a jumpsuit, all right, made of the same material as the one he was wearing but with a stiffened and slightly thickened ring around the upper arms, forearms, midthighs, and ankles.
Since her pregnancies she had put on weight, thickened in the waist, but her skin and hair were still beautiful and she was still an attractive woman.
Her reflexions indeed at this moment thickened apace, and one of them made her sure that her governess had conversations, private, earnest and not infrequent, with her denounced stepfather.
Before you can so much as glance over your shoulder the twilight has thickened from gray to brown and one in every two or three of the sparse streetlamps is already glowing.
The streetlights were crowned with fuzzy halos as the evening atmosphere thickened.
Ginger swan ned inside the coat even now at the breakfast table, quite content within its soft, wide embrace as she clicked apart a tube of Red Surrender and accurately thickened the color on her lips without consulting the shiny side of the toaster, impressing Becky and Phoebe, who appreciated how unsuccessful such blind repairs could be.
Though she could still see Calliope in my face, each feature seemed changed, thickened, and there were whiskers on my chin and above my upper lip.
Her heart was set on performing her promise to Tom and Aunt Chloe, and she sighed as discouragements thickened around her.
The rain and hail that had troubled them across the plains of Tare had mercifully abated, but the clouds had thickened, as if they bore within them a surfeit of ice and hatred, waiting for the moment when it could be unleashed upon the column of Axemen.