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    Definition of thick in English Dictionary

  • SubstantivSUF-ick
    1. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
      1. It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
    2. A thicket.
      1. SLA A stupid person; a fool.
      2. VerbSGthicksPRthickingPT, PPthicked
        1. (archaic, transitive) To thicken.
          1. The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge.
      3. AdjektivCOMthickerSUPthickest
        1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
          1. The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].
        2. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
          1. I want some planks that are two inches thick. ‎
        3. Heavy in build; thickset.
          1. Densely crowded or packed.
            1. My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
          2. Having a viscous consistency.
            1. My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about. ‎
          3. Abounding in number.
            1. The room was thick with reporters. ‎
          4. Impenetrable to sight.
            1. We drove through thick fog. ‎
          5. Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
            1. We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent. ‎
          6. (informal) Stupid.
            1. He was as thick as two short planks. ‎
          7. (informal) Friendly or intimate.
            1. They were as thick as thieves. ‎
          8. Deep, intense, or profound.
            1. Thick darkness. ‎
          9. (Britain, dated) troublesome; unreasonable.
          10. AdverbCOMthickerSUPthickest
            1. In a thick manner.
              1. Snow lay thick on the ground.
            2. Thickly.
              1. Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.
            3. Frequently; in great numbers.
              1. The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
          11. Mehr Beispiele
            1. Wird in der Mitte des Satzes verwendet
              • In May 2003, South Africa set the pace by banning thin plastic bags and imposing a tax on thick ones.
              • For example, closely related cibicidids living on thicker carbonate substrates, like C.
              • Even worse than the sand, though, was the grassy bank that comes down between the bunkers, where the rough was so thick it amounted to bogeyland.
            2. Zu Beginn des Satzes verwendet
              • Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks. — Milton.
            3. In der Endung des Satzes verwendet
              • But they then behave so very unmagnificently, scared and a bit thick.
              • Other rarities usually occur where nonrare plants are thickest.
          • Wortart Hierarchie
            1. Adjektive
              • Adverbien
                • Substantive
                  • Singularia tantum
                    • Unzählbare Nomen
                  • Verben
                    • Transitive Verben
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                  Source: Wiktionary

                  Meaning of thick for the defined word.

                  Grammatisch, dieses wort "thick" ist ein adjektive. Es ist auch ein adverbien. Es ist auch ein substantive, genauer gesagt, ein singularia tantum. Es ist auch ein verben, genauer gesagt, ein transitive verben.
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