thicken

The condition affects the skin and muscle in the palm of the hand, causing it to thicken and become less flexible.

For example, drought prompts plants to thicken the waxy cuticle layer on leaf surfaces.

This means any filling that has eggs in it and is being baked to set those eggs in order to thicken the filling.

The plot has thickened over the fate of Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball as another person is claiming legal ownership of the piece of baseball history.

Some developed a thickening of their womb linings, a potential precursor to cancer.