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THICK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The location of something surrounded by other things
Example:
in the midst of the crowd
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("thick" is a kind of...):
inside; interior (the region that is inside of something)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abounding; having a lot of
Example:
the top was thick with dust
Classified under:
Similar:
abundant (present in great quantity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used informally) stupid
Synonyms:
blockheaded; boneheaded; duncical; duncish; fatheaded; loggerheaded; thick; thick-skulled; thickheaded; wooden-headed
Classified under:
Similar:
stupid (lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(used informally) associated on close terms
Example:
the two were thick as thieves for months
Synonyms:
buddy-buddy; chummy; thick
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
close (close in relevance or relationship)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Having component parts closely crowded together
Example:
thick hair
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
concentrated (gathered together or made less diffuse)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Spoken as if with a thick tongue
Example:
his words were slurred
Synonyms:
slurred; thick
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unintelligible (poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise)
Derivation:
thickness (indistinct articulation)
Sense 6
Meaning:
(of darkness) densely dark
Example:
deep night
Synonyms:
deep; thick
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
intense (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Hard to pass through because of dense growth
Example:
thick woods
Synonyms:
dense; thick
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
impenetrable (not admitting of penetration or passage into or through)
Derivation:
thickness (the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Having a short and solid form or stature
Example:
a thickset young man
Synonyms:
compact; heavyset; stocky; thick; thickset
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
little; short (low in stature; not tall)
Sense 9
Meaning:
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
Example:
thick warm blankets
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
two-ply (having a thickness made up of two layers or strands)
three-ply (having a thickness made up of three layers or strands)
thickened (made or having become thick)
quilted (made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching)
heavy (of relatively large extent and density)
heavy (made of fabric having considerable thickness)
four-ply (having a thickness made up of four layers or strands)
fat (having a relatively large diameter)
deep-chested (thick in the chest)
deep (relatively thick from top to bottom)
Also:
fat (having an (over)abundance of flesh)
broad; wide (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other)
Attribute:
thickness (the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width)
Antonym:
thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)
Derivation:
thickness (used of a line or mark)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Relatively dense in consistency
Example:
thick fog
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
thickened (made thick in consistency)
syrupy; viscous (having a relatively high resistance to flow)
soupy (having the consistency and appearance of soup)
ropey; ropy; stringy; thready (forming viscous or glutinous threads)
gelatinlike; gelatinous; jellylike (thick like gelatin)
dense; heavy; impenetrable (permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter)
creamy (thick like cream)
coagulate; coagulated; curdled; grumose; grumous (transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass)
coagulable (capable of coagulating and becoming thick)
clogged; clotted (thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots))
Attribute:
thickness (resistance to flow)
body; consistence; consistency; substance (the property of holding together and retaining its shape)
Antonym:
thin (relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous)
Derivation:
thickness (resistance to flow)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In quick succession
Example:
misfortunes come fast and thick
Synonyms:
thick; thickly
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
With a thick consistency
Example:
the blood was flowing thick
Synonyms:
thick; thickly
Classified under:
Context examples:
The lady was dressed in a dark suit and covered with a thick black veil.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
A central nervous system multilobular lesion, characterized by a thick wall.
(Central Nervous System Dermoid Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)
Now, a deeper analysis of the same Spitzer data finds this planet likely has an atmosphere whose ingredients could be similar to those of Earth's atmosphere, but thicker.
(Lava or Not, Exoplanet 55 Cancri e Likely to have Atmosphere, NASA)
Its hair is thick and straight.
(Clumber Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)
The former is a thick muscle in the anterior portion of the chest.
(Pectoralis Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
A more than normal amount of thick mucus made by the cells lining the upper airways and lungs.
(Phlegm, NCI Dictionary)
A thick process on either side of the vertebral body that connects the latter to the vertebral arch.
(Pedicle of Vertebral Arch, NCI Thesaurus)
They slowed down, and were in the thick of the crown as they came up with him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I looked at the blank wall: it seemed a sky thick with ascending stars,—every one lit me to a purpose or delight.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
John would have me go, for he vowed he would not drive her, because she had such thick ankles.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
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