thick and thin

1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension; not thin: a thick board.

2. Measuring a specified number of units in this dimension: two inches thick.

3. Not easy to hear or understand; indistinctly articulated: the thick speech of a drunkard.

4. 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.

1. Not easy to hear or understand; indistinctly articulated: the thick speech of a drunkard.

2. 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.

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.

The thickest part.

The most active or intense part: in the thick of the fighting.