'Thick' definitions:
Definition of 'thick'
From: WordNet
adverb
adverb
In quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick" [syn: thick, thickly]
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" [ant: thin]
adjective
Having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"
adjective
Relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" [ant: thin]
adjective
Spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred" [syn: slurred, thick]
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" [syn: compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset]
adjective
Hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods" [syn: dense, thick]
adjective
(of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" [syn: thick, deep]
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" [syn: chummy, buddy-buddy, thick(p)]
adjective
(used informally) stupid [syn: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed]
adjective
Abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust"
noun
The location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd" [syn: midst, thick]
Definition of 'Thick'
From: GCIDE
- Thick \Thick\ (th[i^]k), adv. [AS. [thorn]icce.]
- 1. Frequently; fast; quick. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure. [1913 Webster]
- Thick and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thick'
From: GCIDE
- Thick \Thick\, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. [thorn]iccian.] To thicken. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thick'
From: GCIDE
- Thick \Thick\ (th[i^]k), a. [Compar. Thicker (-[~e]r); superl. Thickest.] [OE. thicke, AS. [thorn]icce; akin to D. dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. [thorn]ykkr, [thorn]j["o]kkr, 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. [1913 Webster]
- Were it as thick as is a branched oak. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. --1 Kings xii. 10. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness. [1913 Webster]
- Make the gruel thick and slab. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring. [1913 Webster]
- The people were gathered thick together. --Luke xi. 29. [1913 Webster]
- Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- We have been thick ever since. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thick'
From: GCIDE
- Thick \Thick\, n.
- 1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. [1913 Webster]
- In the thick of the dust and smoke. --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- Through the thick they heard one rudely rush. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- He through a little window cast his sight Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Thick-and-thin block (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under Fiddle.
- Through thick and thin, through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and small. [1913 Webster]
- Through thick and thin she followed him. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
- He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'thick'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a bit thick,
- a bit thin,
- absurd,
- abundant,
- accented,
- adhesive,
- alive,
- alive with,
- alveolar,
- ample,
- amylaceous,
- apical,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- articulated,
- asinine,
- assimilated,
- back,
- barytone,
- beamy,
- beef-brained,
- beef-witted,
- beyond belief,
- bilabial,
- blockish,
- blubber,
- blubbery,
- blurred,
- Boeotian,
- boneheaded,
- bovine,
- brassy,
- brazen,
- breathy,
- brimming,
- bristling,
- broad,
- broad-bodied,
- bulky,
- bullnecked,
- burly,
- bursting,
- bushy,
- cacuminal,
- center,
- central,
- cerebral,
- checked,
- chock-full,
- choked,
- choking,
- chuck-full,
- chummy,
- chumpish,
- chunky,
- clabbered,
- clammy,
- cloddish,
- close,
- close-knit,
- close-textured,
- close-woven,
- closely,
- clotted,
- coagulated,
- coarse,
- compact,
- compacted,
- compactly,
- compressed,
- concentrated,
- concrete,
- condensed,
- congealed,
- congested,
- consolidated,
- consonant,
- consonantal,
- continuant,
- core,
- corpulent,
- cowish,
- cracked,
- crammed,
- crammed full,
- crass,
- crawling,
- cretinous,
- croaking,
- croaky,
- crowded,
- crowding,
- curdled,
- decided,
- deep,
- dense,
- densely,
- dental,
- devoted,
- diameter,
- diaphragm,
- dim-witted,
- dissimilated,
- distorted,
- doltish,
- dopey,
- dorsal,
- doubtable,
- doubtful,
- doughy,
- drawling,
- drawly,
- dry,
- dubious,
- dubitable,
- dull,
- dull-witted,
- dullard,
- dumb,
- dumpy,
- duncical,
- duncish,
- dysphonic,
- equator,
- exuberant,
- familiar,
- fat,
- filled,
- firm,
- firmly,
- flat,
- flourishing,
- focus,
- foggy,
- friendly,
- front,
- full,
- full-bodied,
- gaumy,
- gelatinous,
- glairy,
- glide,
- glossal,
- glottal,
- gluelike,
- gluey,
- glutenous,
- glutinose,
- glutinous,
- gooey,
- grating,
- gravelly,
- gross,
- gruff,
- grumous,
- gumbo,
- gumbolike,
- gumlike,
- gummous,
- gummy,
- guttural,
- hand and glove,
- hand in glove,
- hand-in-hand,
- hard,
- hard of belief,
- hard to believe,
- harsh,
- harsh-sounding,
- hawking,
- hazy,
- heart,
- heavily,
- heavy,
- heavyset,
- high,
- hoarse,
- husky,
- imbecilic,
- impassable,
- impenetrable,
- impermeable,
- implausible,
- in profusion,
- inarticulate,
- inconceivable,
- incredible,
- indistinct,
- ineducable,
- insensitive,
- inseparable,
- inspissated,
- interior,
- intimate,
- intonated,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- jelled,
- jellied,
- jellylike,
- jungled,
- jungly,
- kernel,
- klutzy,
- labial,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- lateral,
- lavish,
- lax,
- light,
- like that,
- lingual,
- liquid,
- lisping,
- low,
- lumpish,
- lush,
- luxuriant,
- marked,
- massive,
- matey,
- mean,
- median,
- metallic,
- mid,
- middle,
- midmost,
- midriff,
- midst,
- mispronounced,
- misty,
- monophthongal,
- moronic,
- mucilaginous,
- murky,
- muted,
- muzzy,
- narrow,
- nasal,
- nasalized,
- near,
- nonporous,
- not deserving belief,
- nucleus,
- oafish,
- obese,
- obscure,
- obscuring,
- obtuse,
- obvious,
- occlusive,
- on good terms,
- opaque,
- open,
- open to doubt,
- open to suspicion,
- overflowing,
- overgrown,
- overrun,
- oxytone,
- packed,
- palatal,
- palatalized,
- pally,
- palsy-walsy,
- passing belief,
- pasty,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngealized,
- phonemic,
- phonetic,
- phonic,
- pitch,
- pitched,
- plentiful,
- populous,
- posttonic,
- preposterous,
- problematic,
- prodigal,
- profuse,
- proliferating,
- prolific,
- pronounced,
- quavering,
- questionable,
- ragged,
- rank,
- rasping,
- raspy,
- raucid,
- raucous,
- retroflex,
- ridiculous,
- rife,
- rigid,
- riotous,
- ropy,
- rough,
- rounded,
- roupy,
- rude,
- semivowel,
- serried,
- shaking,
- shaky,
- slabby,
- slimy,
- slithery,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- smoggy,
- smoky,
- snuffling,
- soft,
- solid,
- solidly,
- sonant,
- sottish,
- soupy,
- squat,
- squawking,
- squawky,
- staggering belief,
- starchy,
- stertorous,
- sticky,
- stiff,
- stifled,
- stodgy,
- stolid,
- stopped,
- strangled,
- stressed,
- stringy,
- strong,
- stubby,
- studded,
- stumpy,
- stupid,
- substantial,
- superabundant,
- surd,
- suspect,
- suspicious,
- swarming,
- syllabic,
- syrupy,
- tacky,
- tall,
- teeming,
- tenacious,
- tense,
- thick as hail,
- thick as thieves,
- thick of things,
- thick with,
- thick-bodied,
- thick-coming,
- thick-growing,
- thick-headed,
- thick-skinned,
- thick-witted,
- thickened,
- thickheaded,
- thickly,
- thickset,
- thin,
- three-dimensional,
- throaty,
- thronged,
- thronging,
- tinny,
- tonal,
- tonic,
- tough,
- tremelloid,
- tremellose,
- tremulous,
- twangy,
- typical,
- unaccented,
- unbelievable,
- unconvincing,
- unearthly,
- ungodly,
- unimaginable,
- unrounded,
- unstressed,
- unteachable,
- unthinkable,
- unweeded,
- unworthy of belief,
- velar,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous,
- vocalic,
- vocoid,
- voiced,
- voiceless,
- vowel,
- vowellike,
- waist,
- waistline,
- weak,
- weed-choked,
- weed-ridden,
- weedy,
- wide,
- wrongheaded,
- zone
Words containing 'Thick'
- Thickly,
- Thickness,
- Thick and threefold,
- Thick register,
- Thick squall,
- Thick stuff,
- Thick wind,
- Through thick and thin,
- To lay it on thick,
- lay it on thick,
- thick clay,
- thick skin,
- thick skinned,
- thick witted,
- thickly settled,
- Thick-headed,
- Thick-knee,
- Thick-skinned,
- Thick-skulled,
- Thick-winded,
- thick-billed,
- thick-bodied,
- thick-branched,
- thick-haired,
- thick-lipped,
- thick-stemmed,
- Thick-and-thin block,
- thick-billed murre,
- thick-footed morel,
- thick-kneed plover,
- abounding inpredicate abounding withpredicate bristling withpredicate full ofpredicate overflowing overflowing withpredicate rich inpredicate rife withpredicate thick withpredicate