thick
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
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
Similar word(s): fat, deep, fat, heavy, quilted, thickened, broad, wide
2. having component parts closely crowded together
- thick crowds
- a thick forest
- thick hair
Similar word(s): concentrated
3. relatively dense in consistency
- thick cream
- thick soup
- thick smoke
Similar word(s): clogged, clotted, coagulable, coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumose, grumous, creamy, dense, heavy, impenetrable, gelatinlike, gelatinous, jellylike, ropey, ropy, stringy, thready, soupy, syrupy, viscous, thickened
4. spoken as if with a thick tongue
- the thick speech of a drunkard
Similar word(s): unintelligible, slurred
5. having a short and solid form or stature
- a thickset young man
Similar word(s): little, short, compact, heavyset, stocky, thickset
6. hard to pass through because of dense growth
- thick woods
Similar word(s): impenetrable, dense
7. (of darkness) densely dark
- thick night
- thick darkness
Similar word(s): intense, deep
8. (used informally) associated on close terms
- the two were thick as thieves for months
Similar word(s): close, chummy
9. (used informally) stupid
Similar word(s): stupid, blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thickheaded
10. abounding; having a lot of
- the top was thick with dust
Similar word(s): abundant
Sentences with thick as an adjective:
- I want some planks that are two inches thick.
- He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
- We walked through thick undergrowth.
- My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
- The room was thick with reporters.
- We drove through thick fog.
- We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent.
- He was as thick as two short planks.
- They were as thick as thieves.
adverb
1. with a thick consistency
- the blood was flowing thick
Similar word(s): thickly
2. in quick succession
- misfortunes come fast and thick
Similar word(s): thickly
Sentences with thick as an adverb:
- Snow lay thick on the ground.
- Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.
- The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
noun
1. the location of something surrounded by other things
Similar word(s): midst
Definition categories: location, inside, interior
Sentences with thick as a noun:
- It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
verb
1. (archaic, transitive) To thicken.
- The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge.