thick
(thĭk)
[Middle English thicke, from Old English thicce.]
adjective: 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.
- 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.
adverb
- 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.
noun
- The thickest part.
- The most active or intense part: in the thick of the fighting.
idioms
- thick and thin
- Good and bad times: They remained friends through thick and thin.
derivatives
- thicḱish
- adjective
- thicḱly
- adverb
