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Meaning of thick

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

thick

Pronunciation:/θɪk//θɘk/

noun

Definitions

  1. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.

    Example: It was mayhem in the thick of battle.

  2. A thicket.

  3. A stupid person; a fool.

verb

Definitions

  1. To thicken.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

    Synonyms:broad
    Antonyms:slimthin
  2. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

    Example: I want some planks that are two inches thick.

  3. Heavy in build; thickset.

    Example: He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.

    Synonyms:chunkysolidstockythickset
    Antonyms:slenderslightslimsveltethin
  4. Densely crowded or packed.

    Example: We walked through thick undergrowth.

    Synonyms:crowdeddensepacked
    Antonyms:sparse

adverb

Definitions

  1. In a thick manner.

    Example: Snow lay thick on the ground.

  2. Frequently or numerously.

    Example: The arrows flew thick and fast around us.