Associations to the word «Thickened»

Wiktionary

THICKENED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of thicken

Dictionary definition

THICKENED, adjective. Made or having become thick; "thickened bronchial arteries".
THICKENED, adjective. Having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands".
THICKENED, adjective. Made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy"; "dust-thickened saliva".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats