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adjective

as in creamy

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verb

past tense of thicken
as in condensed

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Recent Examples of thickened
Adjective
In a small blender combine heavy cream and lemon curd; pulse just until thickened but still pourable (2 to 3 pulses). — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2026 But her thickened skin, along with her toughened reputation, felt supple now. — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thickened
  1. creamy
  2. condensed
  3. turbid
  4. stiffened
  5. viscous
  6. solidified
  7. thick
  8. hardened
Adjective
  • Goldstein also shared recipes for a refreshing no-cook corn gazpacho and juicy air fryer corn on the cob topped with a creamy lime sauce and Cotija cheese.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The measure of an ice cream’s quality—its rich, full-bodied flavor and creamy mouthfeel—can be best judged by its vanilla.
    — Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of creamy
Verb
  • This Oreo takes us back to Sunday afternoons at Grandma’s house, with the classic flavors of one of the South’s most iconic recipes condensed into a single cookie.
    — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026
  • This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity and ease of reading.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of condensed
Adjective
  • Since then, shifting groundwater and agricultural activity nearby have made the water increasingly turbid.
    — Sarah Evans, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Why does Mitch find the view beautiful, though the water is turbid and he is enveloped in the scent of incense and candles?
    — Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Definition of turbid
Verb
  • Dogs that have stiffened up with age get an advanced joint-support chew with glucosamine, MSM, and collagen.
    — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • Graham's aorta, at 71, tore, a dissection along a wall stiffened by decades of what the medical examiner called arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
    — Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of stiffened
Adjective
  • Several celebrities and their PR teams have denounced Perez for his viscous public insults, from Khloe Kardashian, Miley Cyrus, and Lady Gaga, a former friend of Perez.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • And more than half of Venezuela’s barrels are destined for the United States, where refineries in the Gulf are capable of processing its heavy, viscous form of crude, said Jungman.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of viscous
Verb
  • That electric arc generates enough heat to melt metal at a joint between two metal parts, which allows the two parts to be combined once the molten metal has solidified again.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The move solidified the Missouri Republican Party’s growing influence in the Republican president’s second term.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of solidified
Adjective
  • Swathes of those still standing are marked for death, their fate written like braille in the form of scores of tiny holes — no thicker than a dot left by a ballpoint pen — beneath the bark.
    — Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Eastern handles are shorter and thicker, catering more to those who use a Penhold grip, where the head of the paddle is facing down and the paddle is held like a pen.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of thick
Verb
  • Notably, Shaun has been hardened and disenfranchised by the bureaucracy of law enforcement.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
  • And as Netanyahu’s coalitions hardened Schleien’s programs became edgier, skewering Netanyahu sycophants in the Likud Party, anti-élitist demagogues, cultic settlers, and rabbinic mandarins.
    — Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hardened

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