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The Meaning of thick
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(superl.) 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.
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(superl.) 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.
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(superl.) Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.
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(superl.) Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.
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(superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
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(superl.) Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
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(superl.) Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.
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(superl.) Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.
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(superl.) Intimate; very friendly; familiar.
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(n.) The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
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(n.) A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.
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(adv.) Frequently; fast; quick.
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(adv.) Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
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(adv.) To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.
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(v. t. & i.) To thicken.
Synonyms
midst
,
slurred
,
compact
,
heavyset
,
stocky
,
thickset
,
dense
,
deep
,
chummy
,
buddy-buddy
,
blockheaded
,
boneheaded
,
duncical
,
duncish
,
fatheaded
,
loggerheaded
,
thickheaded
,
thick-skulled
,
wooden-headed
,
thickly
,
thickly
Antonyms
thin
,
thin
,
thinly
Rhymes
afflik
,
arithmetic
,
bailiwick
,
bic
,
bick
,
blick
,
bolshevik
,
bric
,
brick
,
broomstick
,
bryk
,
candlestick
,
chick
,
chopstick
,
click
,
crick
,
cwik
,
dic
,
dick
,
dipstick
,
dyk
,
dzik
,
fenwick
,
fick
,
ficke
,
firebrick
,
flick
,
frick
,
fricke
,
gick
,
glick
,
handpick
,
hick
,
homesick
,
impolitic
,
joystick
,
kick
,
knick
,
krick
,
kubrick
,
kwik
,
lick
,
lipstick
,
lunatic
,
mc
,
mic
,
mick
,
micke
,
nic
,
nick
,
nightstick
,
nik
,
nonstick
,
ostpolitik
,
pic
,
pick
,
pickwick
,
picnic
,
pik
,
politic
,
prick
,
quick
,
quik
,
realpolitik
,
ric
,
rick
,
ricke
,
rilke
,
schick
,
schlick
,
schrick
,
schtick
,
seasick
,
shick
,
shtick
,
sic
,
sick
,
sidekick
,
slapstick
,
slick
,
smick
,
snick
,
spic
,
spick
,
stick
,
strick
,
swick
,
tic
,
tick
,
toothpick
,
trick
,
vandyck
,
vanwyck
,
vanwyk
,
vic
,
vick
,
vik
,
wick
,
wik
,
wrick
,
wyk
,
yardstick
,
zick
,
zwick