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thick       (thĭk)  Pronunciation Key  adj.   thick·er, thick·est Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension; not thin: a thick board. Measuring a specified number of units in this dimension: two inches thick. Not easy to hear or understand; indistinctly articulated: the thick speech of a drunkard. Producing indistinctly articulated sounds: the thick tongues of barbarians. Heavy in form, build, or stature; thickset: a thick neck. Having component parts in a close, crowded state or arrangement; dense: a thick forest. Having or suggesting a heavy or viscous consistency: thick tomato sauce. Having a great number; abounding: a room thick with flies. Impenetrable by the eyes: a thick fog. Not easy to hear or understand; indistinctly articulated: the thick speech of a drunkard. Producing indistinctly articulated sounds: the thick tongues of barbarians. Strongly apparent; conspicuous: a thick brogue. Informal Lacking mental agility; stupid. Informal Very friendly; intimate: thick friends. Informal Going beyond what is tolerable; excessive. adv.   In a thick manner; deeply or heavily: Seashells lay thick on the beach. In a close, compact state or arrangement; densely: Dozens of braids hung thick from the back of her head. So as to be thick; thickly: Slice the bread thick for the best French toast. n.   The thickest part. The most active or intense part: in the thick of the fighting. [Middle English thicke, from Old English thicce; see tegu- in Indo-European roots.] thick'ish adj., thick'ly adv.

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thick
adjective
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.	having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"
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.	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]
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"
8.	(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]
9.	(used informally) stupid
10.	abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust"
adverb
1.	with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick" [syn: thickly] [ant: thin]
2.	in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick"
noun
1.	the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd" [syn: midst]

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thick

In addition to the idioms beginning with thick, also see blood is thicker than water; lay it on thick; plot thickens; through thick and thin.

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thick (thĭk)
adj. thick·er, thick·est

1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension; not thin.
2. Measuring a specified number of units in this dimension.
3. Heavy in form, build, or stature; thickset.
4. Having component parts in a close, crowded state or arrangement; dense.
5. Having or suggesting a heavy or viscous consistency.
6. Having a great number; abounding.
7. Impenetrable by the eyes.
8. Not easy to hear or understand; indistinctly articulated.
9. Noticeably affecting sound; conspicuous.
10. Producing indistinctly articulated sounds.

adv.

1. In a close, compact state or arrangement; densely.
2. In a thick manner; deeply or heavily.

n.
The most active or intense part.

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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.

Were it as thick as is a branched oak. --Chaucer.

My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. --1 Kings xii. 10.

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.

3. Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.

Make the gruel thick and slab. --Shak.

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.

5. Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.

The people were gathered thick together. --Luke xi. 29.

Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood. --Dryden.

6. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.

7. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. [R.] --Shak.

8. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. --Shak.

His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible. --Shak.

9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.]

We have been thick ever since. --T. Hughes.

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.

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.

Syn: Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse.

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Thick

Thick\, n. 1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.

In the thick of the dust and smoke. --Knolles.

2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] --Drayton.

Through the thick they heard one rudely rush. --Spenser.

He through a little window cast his sight Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. --Dryden.

Thick-and-thin block (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under Fiddle.

Through thick and thin, through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and small.

Through thick and thin she followed him. --Hudibras.

He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy. --Coleridge.

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Thick

Thick\ (th[i^]k), adv. [AS. [thorn]icce.]

1. Frequently; fast; quick.

2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.

3. To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.

Thick and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.

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Thick

Thick\, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. [thorn]iccian.] To thicken. [R.]

The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. --Coleridge.