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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. | |