Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
thicken .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
- adjective made thick in consistency
- adjective made or having become thick
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Examples
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"That's what I call thickened truth," said the American, looking solemnly round.
Essays in Rebellion Henry W. Nevinson 1900
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It does seem unlikely that a Habermasian cosmopolitianism, no matter how supplemented and thickened, is going to be able to open itself to forms of ethos and character that come from religious traditions.
Introduction 2008
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The name thickened to a sob as he repeated it, and then suddenly he rose and cried in an awful voice, "Oh, I'm a fool!
The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable Hall Caine 1892
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I have let my son have the jacket as I have "thickened" some and it is a little tight on me now.
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I have let my son have the jacket as I have "thickened" some and it is a little tight on me now.
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Actually, there have been times when we have "thickened" or added weight to a model or "thinned" a model by smoothing out bulges that may distort the shape of the clothes.
Nordstrom's Photoshopping Policy? There Isn't One! The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Actually, there have been times when we have "thickened" or added weight to a model or "thinned" a model by smoothing out bulges that may distort the shape of the clothes.
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Actually, there have been times when we have "thickened" or added weight to a model or "thinned" a model by smoothing out bulges that may distort the shape of the clothes.
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Every new or "thickened" settlement is a gift to Palestinian extremists who point to them as evidence that Israel will never permit establishment of a Palestinian state.
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How someone who drew the LT characters with such lean and vibrant energy could later render Bugs and Daffy as paunchy, evenly proportioned and generally "thickened" is a complete puzzle.
The Chops of Seasoned Citizens Steve Hulett 2008
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