| thick | |
| 1. adj. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. | |
| 2. adj. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension. | |
| I want some planks that are two inches thick. | |
| 3. adj. Heavy in build; thickset. | |
| He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side. | |
| 4. adj. Densely crowded or packed. | |
| We walked through thick undergrowth. | |
| 5. adj. Having a viscous consistency. | |
| My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about. | |
| 6. adj. Abounding in number. | |
| The room was thick with reporters. | |
| 7. adj. Impenetrable to sight. | |
| We drove through thick fog. | |
| 8. adj. Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated. | |
| We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent. | |
| 9. adj. (informal) Stupid. | |
| He was as thick as two short planks. | |
| 10. adj. (informal) Friendly or intimate. | |
| They were as thick as thieves. | |
| 11. adj. Deep, intense, or profound. | |
| Thick darkness. | |
| 12. adj. (dated) troublesome; unreasonable | |
| 13. adj. (slang) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips. | |
| 14. adj. topics, en, Size | |
| 15. adv. In a thick manner. | |
| Snow lay thick on the ground. | |
| 16. adv. Thickly. | |
| Bread should be sliced thick to make toast. | |
| 17. adv. Frequently; in great numbers. | |
| The arrows flew thick and fast around us. | |
| 18. n. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something. | |
| It was mayhem in the thick of battle. | |
| 19. n. A thicket. | |
| 20. n. (slang) A stupid person; a fool. | |
| 21. v. (archaic, transitive) To thicken. | |
| The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge. | |
