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thick

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1. thick - Noun

2. thick - Adjective

3. thick - Verb

4. thick - Adverb

6. thick - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

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.

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

Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.

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

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

Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.

Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.

Intimate; very friendly; familiar.

The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.

A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.

Frequently; fast; quick.

Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.

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

To thicken.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism. George Jean Nathan

Sometimes skulls are thick. Sometimes hearts are vacant. Sometimes words don't work. James Frey

The wolf has a thick neck, because he does his job on his own. Bulgarian Proverb

Thick body, weak soul. Persian Proverb

Clear accounts and thick chocolate. Argentinean Proverb

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