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English

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /θɪk/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-thick.ogg
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Etymology

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Adjective

  1. relatively|Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
  2. measure|Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
  3. : I want some planks that are two inches thick.
  4. heavy|Heavy in build; thickset.
  5. : He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
  6. densely|Densely crowded or packed.
  7. : We walked through thick undergrowth.
  8. Having a viscous consistency.
  9. : My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
  10. abounding|Abounding in number.
  11. : The room was thick with reporters.
  12. impenetrable|Impenetrable to sight.
  13. : We drove through thick fog.
  14. difficult|Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
  15. : We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent.
  16. stupid|Stupid.
  17. : He was as thick as two short planks.
  18. friendly|Friendly or intimate.
  19. : They were as thick as thieves.


Synonyms


Antonyms


Derived terms


Translations

  • Arabic: {{t|ar|سميك|tr=samīk|sc=Arab}}
  • Croatian:
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|tlustý|m}}
  • Dutch: ,
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|gros|m}}, {{t+|fr|grosse|f}}, {{t+|fr|épais|m}}, {{t+|fr|épaisse|f}}
  • German:
  • Hebrew: עבה (‘aveh)
  • Hungarian:
  • Indonesian: {{t+|id|tebal|xs=Indonesian}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|spesso|m}}, {{t-|it|spessa|f}}
  • Japanese: 太い (ふとい, futoi) (of tube, etc.), 厚い (あつい, atsui) (of book, etc.)
  • Korean: 두껍다 (dukkeopda)
  • Kurdish:
  • Portuguese: ,
  • Romanian:
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|толстый|tr=tólstyj|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene:
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish:
  • Telugu: {{t|te|మందమైన|tr=maMdamaina|sc=Telu}}
  • Welsh: {{t-|cy|tew|xs=Welsh}}
  • Arabic: {{t|ar|غليظ|tr=ğalīʐ|sc=Arab}}
  • Czech: {{t+|cs|hustý|m}}
  • Dutch: ,
  • Finnish: ,
  • German:
  • Hungarian:
  • Indonesian: {{t+|id|kental|xs=Indonesian}}
  • Japanese: 濃い (こい, koi)
  • Kurdish: {{t+|ku|سه‌خت|sc=KUchar}}
  • Portuguese: espesso
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|густой|tr=gustój|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish:
  • Telugu: {{t|te|చిక్కని|tr=cikkani|sc=Telu}}
  • Dutch: ,
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|тупой|tr=tupój|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Swedish:
  • Dutch: ,

Adverb

  1. In a thick manner.
  2. : Snow lay thick on the ground.
  3. thickly|Thickly.
  4. : Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.


Translations

  • Dutch:
  • Dutch:
  • Japanese: 厚く (atsuku)

Noun

  1. The thickest, or most active or intense part of something
  2. : It was mayhem in the thick of battle.


Translations

  • Dutch: het vuur van de strijd
  • German: mitten in
  • Italian: {{t-|it|folto|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|grosso|m}}
  • Russian: гуща (gúšča)

Derived terms


Category:1000 English basic words

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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Were it as thick as is a branched oak. --Chaucer.
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My little finger shall be thicker than my father's
loins. --1 Kings xii.
10.
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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.
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3. Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used
figuratively; as, thick darkness.
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Make the gruel thick and slab. --Shak.
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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.
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5. Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set;
following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
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The people were gathered thick together. --Luke xi.
29.
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Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood.
--Dryden.
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6. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good
articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
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7. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. [R.] --Shak.
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8. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. --Shak.
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His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible.
--Shak.
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9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.]
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We have been thick ever since. --T. Hughes.
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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.
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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.
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Syn: Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thick \Thick\ (th[i^]k), adv. [AS. [thorn]icce.]
1. Frequently; fast; quick.
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2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
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3. To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as,
land covered thick with manure.
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Thick and threefold, in quick succession, or in great
numbers. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thick \Thick\, n.
1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
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In the thick of the dust and smoke. --Knolles.
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2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.
--Spenser.
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He through a little window cast his sight
Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
--Dryden.
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Thick-and-thin block (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under
Fiddle.

Through thick and thin, through all obstacles and
difficulties, both great and small.
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Through thick and thin she followed him. --Hudibras.
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He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of
a military frenzy. --Coleridge.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thick \Thick\, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. [thorn]iccian.]
To thicken. [R.]
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The nightmare Life-in-death was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold. --Coleridge.
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WordNet thick
adj 1: 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]
2: closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a
dense population"; "thick crowds" [syn: compact, dense]
3: relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick
soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" [ant: thin]
4: spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a
drunkard"; "his words were slurred" [syn: slurred]
5: wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark" [syn: heavy]
6: hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense
vegetation"; "thick woods" [syn: dense]
7: (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness";
"a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" [syn: deep]
8: abundant; "a thick head of hair"
9: heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact
build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a
thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man" [syn: compact,
heavyset, stocky, thickset]
10: (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)]
11: used informally [syn: blockheaded, boneheaded, fatheaded,
loggerheaded, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed]
12: abundantly covered or filled; "the top was thick with dust"
n : the location of something surrounded by other things; "in
the midst of the crowd" [syn: midst]
adv 1: with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick"
[syn: thickly] [ant: thinly]
2: in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick" [syn:
thickly]
Moby Dictionary
Boeotian , 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 , 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


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