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THICK
thick
(adjective) abounding; having a lot of; “the top was thick with dust”
blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed
(adjective) (used informally) stupid
chummy, buddy-buddy, thick
(adjective) (used informally) associated on close terms; “a close friend”; “the bartender was chummy with the regular customers”; “the two were thick as thieves for months”
thick
(adjective) having component parts closely crowded together; “a compact shopping center”; “a dense population”; “thick crowds”; “a thick forest”; “thick hair”
slurred, thick
(adjective) spoken as if with a thick tongue; “the thick speech of a drunkard”; “his words were slurred”
thick, deep
(adjective) (of darkness) densely dark; “thick night”; “thick darkness”; “a face in deep shadow”; “deep night”
dense, thick
(adjective) hard to pass through because of dense growth; “dense vegetation”; “thick woods”
compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset
(adjective) having a short and solid form or stature; “a wrestler of compact build”; “he was tall and heavyset”; “stocky legs”; “a thickset young man”
thick
(adjective) 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”
thick
(adjective) relatively dense in consistency; “thick cream”; “thick soup”; “thick smoke”; “thick fog”
thick, thickly
(adverb) in quick succession; “misfortunes come fast and thick”
thickly, thick
(adverb) with a thick consistency; “the blood was flowing thick”
midst, thick
(noun) the location of something surrounded by other things; “in the midst of the crowd”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
Synonyms: broad, Thesaurus:wide
Antonyms: slim, thin, Thesaurus:narrow
Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
Heavy in build; thickset.
Synonyms: chunky, solid, stocky, thickset
Antonyms: slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin, Thesaurus:slender
Densely crowded or packed.
Synonyms: crowded, dense, packed, Thesaurus:compact
Antonyms: sparse, Thesaurus:diffuse
Having a viscous consistency.
Synonyms: glutinous, viscous, Thesaurus:viscous
Antonyms: free-flowing, runny, Thesaurus:runny
Abounding in number.
Synonyms: overflowing, swarming, teeming, Thesaurus:plentiful
Antonyms: scant, scarce, slight
Impenetrable to sight.
Synonyms: dense, opaque, solid, Thesaurus:opaque
Antonyms: thin, transparent, Thesaurus:transparent
(Of an accent) Prominent, strong.
Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
Synonyms: unclear, Thesaurus:incomprehensible
Antonyms: clear, lucid, Thesaurus:comprehensible
(informal) Stupid.
Synonyms: dense, dumb (informal), stupid, thick as pigshit (taboo slang), thick as two short planks (slang), Thesaurus:stupid
Antonyms: brainy (informal), intelligent, smart, Thesaurus:intelligent
(informal) Friendly or intimate.
Synonyms: chummy (UK, informal), close, close-knit, friendly, pally (informal), intimate, tight-knit
Antonym: unacquainted
Deep, intense, or profound.
Synonyms: great, extreme
(UK, dated) troublesome; unreasonable
(slang, mostly, of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
Synonym: Thesaurus:voluptuous
Adverb
thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)
In a thick manner.
Frequently or numerously.
Noun
thick (plural thicks)
The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
A thicket.
(slang) A stupid person; a fool.
Verb
thick (third-person singular simple present thicks, present participle thicking, simple past and past participle thicked)
(archaic, ambitransitive) To thicken.
Synonyms
• See also thicken
Source: Wiktionary
Thick, a. [Compar. Thicker; superl. Thickest.] Etym: [OE. thicke, AS. ; akin to D. dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. , , and probably to Gael. & Ir. tiugh. Cf. Tight.]
1. Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick. Were it as thick as is a branched oak. Chaucer. My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 1 Kings xii. 10.
2. Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.
3. Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness. Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak.
4. Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain. "In a thick, misty day." Sir W. Scott.
5. Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring. The people were gathered thick together. Luke xi. 29. Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood. Dryden.
6. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
7. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. [R.] Shak.
8. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. Shak. His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible. Shak.
9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.] We have been thick ever since. T. Hughes.
Note: Thick is often used in the formation of compounds, most of which are self-explaining; as, thick-barred, thick-bodied, thick- coming, thick-cut, thick-flying, thick-growing, thick-leaved, thick- lipped, thick-necked, thick-planted, thick-ribbed, thick-shelled, thick-woven, and the like. Thick register. (Phon.) See the Note under Register, n., 7.
– Thick stuff (Naut.), all plank that is more than four inches thick and less than twelve. J. Knowles.
Syn.
– Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse.
Thick, n.
1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. In the thick of the dust and smoke. Knolles.
2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] Drayton. Through the thick they heard one rudely rush. Spenser. He through a little window cast his sight Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. Dryden. Thick-and-thin block (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under Fiddle.
– Through thick and thin, through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and small. Through thick and thin she followed him. Hudibras. He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy. Coleridge.
Thick, adv. Etym: [AS. Ăľicce.]
1. Frequently; fast; quick.
2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
3. To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure. Thick and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
Thick, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. AS. .]
Definition: To thicken. [R.] The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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