thickened

thick·en  (thkn)

tr. & intr.v. thick·ened, thick·en·ing, thick·ens

1. To make or become thick or thicker: Thicken the sauce with cornstarch. The crowd thickened near the doorway.

2. To make or become more intense, intricate, or complex: The leader's departure thickens the problems. Our apprehension thickened.

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thicken·er n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	thickened - made or having become thick; "thickened bronchial arteries" thick - not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
	2.	thickened - having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands" calloused, callous toughened, tough - physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"
	3.	thickened - made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy"; "dust-thickened saliva" thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"