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Thick   /θɪk/   Listen
Thick

adjective
(compar. thicker; superl. thickest)
1.
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.  "A thick board" , "A thick sandwich" , "Spread a thick layer of butter" , "Thick coating of dust" , "Thick warm blankets"  Antonym: thin.
2.
Having component parts closely crowded together.  "A dense population" , "Thick crowds" , "A thick forest" , "Thick hair"
3.
Relatively dense in consistency.  "Thick soup" , "Thick smoke" , "Thick fog"  Antonym: thin.
4.
Spoken as if with a thick tongue.  Synonym: slurred.  "His words were slurred"
5.
Having a short and solid form or stature.  Synonyms: compact, heavyset, stocky, thickset.  "He was tall and heavyset" , "Stocky legs" , "A thickset young man"
6.
Hard to pass through because of dense growth.  Synonym: dense.  "Thick woods"
7.
(of darkness) very intense.  Synonym: deep.  "Thick darkness" , "A face in deep shadow" , "Deep night"
8.
(used informally) associated on close terms.  Synonyms: buddy-buddy, chummy.  "The bartender was chummy with the regular customers" , "The two were thick as thieves for months"
9.
(used informally) stupid.  Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thickheaded, wooden-headed.
10.
Abounding; having a lot of.
adverb
1.
With a thick consistency.  Synonym: thickly.  Antonym: thinly.
2.
In quick succession.  Synonym: thickly.
noun
1.
The location of something surrounded by other things.  Synonym: midst.



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"Thick" Quotes from Famous Books



... right angles to the midrib, double; blade thick oblong-lanceolate, entire; heart-shaped at the ...
— The Fern Lover's Companion - A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada • George Henry Tilton
... two men who awaited her entrance, the Baroness stopped short. Whatever alarm or surprise she may have felt at their presence was effectually concealed from them by the thick veil which she wore, through which her features were undistinguishable. As though purposely, she left to ...
— The Avenger • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... this keenness of Quoskh only whetted my appetite to know more about him, and especially to watch him, close at hand, at his fishing. Near the head of the little bay, where frogs were plenty, I built a screen of boughs under the low thick branches of a spruce tree, and went away to ...
— Wood Folk at School • William J. Long
... face before he ceased to be a boy; he assumes the worn and sallow mask of age before he has fairly begun to be a man. His hair is thin, and is carefully flattened by the aid of unguents, his dress is flashy, his moustache thick. In order the more closely to imitate a true sportsman, he wears a baggy overcoat, with large buttons. Yet he abhors all kinds of honest exercise, and, in the days of his prosperity, keeps a small brougham with yellow wheels. Soon after he ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 5, 1890 • Various
... a thick gurgle from his swelling throat. Something in his face made the throng give way and Moore quickly pushed him ...
— A Man of Two Countries • Alice Harriman


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