Thick
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Definition
(adj.) abounding; having a lot of; 'the top was thick with dust' .
(adj.) having component parts closely crowded together; 'a compact shopping center'; 'a dense population'; 'thick crowds'; 'a thick forest'; 'thick hair' .
(adj.) (of darkness) very intense; 'thick night'; 'thick darkness'; 'a face in deep shadow'; 'deep night' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) relatively dense in consistency; 'thick cream'; 'thick soup'; 'thick smoke'; 'thick fog' .
(adv.) in quick succession; 'misfortunes come fast and thick'.
Typist: Ursula--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.
(superl.) Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.
(superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
(superl.) Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
(superl.) Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.
(superl.) Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.
(superl.) Intimate; very friendly; familiar.
(n.) The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
(n.) A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.
(adv.) Frequently; fast; quick.
(adv.) Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
(adv.) To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.
(v. t. & i.) To thicken.
Checker: Marsha
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Not thin (in measure).[2]. Dumpy, squab, squat, plump, bulky.[3]. Dense, gross, inspissate, inspissated, not thin (in consistence).[4]. Turbid, muddy, roiled, not clear, not transparent.[5]. Abundant, frequent, close, compact, crowded, closely set, in quick succession.[6]. Indistinct, inarticulate.[7]. Dull, not quick.[8]. [Colloquial.] Intimate, familiar, friendly, hand and glove, hail fellow well met.
n. Thickest part.
ad. [1]. Frequently, fast, quick.[2]. Densely, closely, thickly.[3]. To a great depth.
Checker: Scott
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dense, condensed, inspissated, close, compact, turbid, luteous, coagulated,muddy, dull, misty, vaporous, crowded, numerous, solid, bulky, deep, confused,inarticulate
ANT:Rare, fine, thin, sparse, strained, pure, percolated, limpid, crystalline,scanty, incompact, slight, shallow, laminated, clear, articulate, distinct
Editor: Quentin
Definition
adj. dense: imperfectly mobile: compact: not transparent or clear: misty: dull mentally clouded: crowded: closely set: abundant: frequent in quick succession: having great depth or circumference: (coll.) in fast friendship.—n. the thickest part of anything: a stupid person.—adv. closely: frequently: fast: to a great depth.—adjs. Thick′-and-thin thorough completely devoted; Thick′-com′ing (Shak.) coming fast or close together.—v.t. Thick′en to make thick or close: to strengthen.—v.i. to become thick or obscure: to crowd or press.—ns. Thick′ening something put into a liquid or mass to make it more thick; Thick′et a collection of trees or shrubs thickly or closely set: close wood or copse.—adjs. Thick′-head′ed having a thick head or skull: stupid; Thick′ish somewhat thick.—n. Thick′-knee a stone-plover.—adj. Thick′-lipped (Shak.) having thick lips.—adv. Thick′ly.—n. Thick′ness.—adjs. Thick′-pleached (Shak.) closely interwoven; Thick′-set closely planted: having a short thick body.—n. Thick′-skin a person wanting sensibility: a dull stupid person a blockhead.—adj. Thick′-skinned having a thick skin: wanting sensibility: dull: obtuse.—n. Thick′-skull (same as Thick-skin).—adjs. Thick′-skulled having a thick skull: dull: stupid; Thick′-sprung (Shak.) that have sprung up thick or close together.—n. Thick′un (slang) a sovereign: a crown.—Lay it on thick to flatter or praise extravagantly; Through thick and thin in spite of all obstacles without any wavering.
n. (Spens.) a thicket.—v.i. (Spens.) to grow dense.
Checked by Clive
Examples
- As shown in the original designs, Fig. 116, she is a double ender, whose sides were to be 5 feet thick. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The streets are wisely made narrow and the houses heavy and thick and stony, in order that the people may be cool in this roasting climate. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The girl with thick lips put out her tongue again at us. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He walked into the dining-room as we sat after dinner, and announced his intention in the thick voice of a half-drunken man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Gale suggested that his simple electro-magnet, with its few turns of thick wire, should be replaced by one with a coil of long thin wire. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And when I wait upon 'em, they'll say to me sometimes--WITH IT ON--thick, and no mistake--“How am I looking, Mowcher? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I'm rather thick in my breath. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Towards the end of Jane's second song, her voice grew thick. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The opening for putting in the ice, shown just under the pulley in the cut, has two doors with a space between; each door a foot thick. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- When we look at near objects, the muscles act in such a way that the lens bulges out, and becomes thick in the middle and of the right curvature to focus the near object upon the screen. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Gentlemen all, observe the dark stain upon this gentleman's hat, no wider than a shilling, but thicker than a half-crown. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It is a thick skull, thicker than that of any living race of men, and it has a brain capacity intermediate between that of Pithecanthropus and man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then he tried to push through, but it grew thicker and thicker, and he was in despair. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- As we stood waiting for Xodar the smoke became thicker and thicker. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The cost of the same number of wires at the present day would not be one-half that sum, with thicker wires and better insulation. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The picture can’t be properly printed without thicker ink. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Locksley returned almost instantly with a willow wand about six feet in length, perfectly straight, and rather thicker than a man's thumb. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- By-the-bye, I must have mine in mind; it won't do to neglect her; she is a Fairfax, or wed to one; and blood is said to be thicker than water. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Thus, Bentley Drummle had come to Mr. Pocket when he was a head taller than that gentleman, and half a dozen heads thicker than most gentlemen. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- His hair and whiskers were blacker and thicker, looked at so near, than even I had given them credit for being. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He shouted, too, till he was hoarse; and flying from memory and himself, plunged into the thickest of the throng. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It is in length six yards, and in the thickest part at least three yards over. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- On the left side, where the ground sinks and the wood is thickeSt. Did you run out again? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Without noticing either of us, Mr. Luker slowly made his way to the door--now in the thickest, now in the thinnest part of the crowd. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He fled from the spot, and plunged into the thickest recesses of a neighbouring wood. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They are generally thickest in the middle, while their teeth are of various degrees of fineness and of different forms. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I was at the pains of making ropes and cables, by twisting ten, twenty, or thirty of the thickest and strongest of theirs. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- No, no, I thank you, answered Smith, putting on a pair of his thickest beaver gloves as though to defend his thumbs. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Checker: Lorenzo