'Thick' definitions:

Definition of 'thick'

(from WordNet)
adverb
With a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick" [syn: thickly, thick] [ant: thin, thinly]
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

Words containing 'Thick'