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Thick   /θɪk/   Listen
adjective
Thick  adj.  (compar. thicker; superl. thickest)  
1.
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. "Were it as thick as is a branched oak." "My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins."
2.
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.
3.
Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness. "Make the gruel thick and slab."
4.
Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain. "In a thick, misty day."
5.
Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring. "The people were gathered thick together." "Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood."
6.
Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
7.
Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. (R.)
8.
Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. "His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible."
9.
Intimate; very friendly; familiar. (Colloq.) "We have been thick ever since." Note: Thick is often used in the formation of compounds, most of which are self-explaining; as, thick-barred, thick-bodied, thick-coming, thick-cut, thick-flying, thick-growing, thick-leaved, thick-lipped, thick-necked, thick-planted, thick-ribbed, thick-shelled, thick-woven, and the like.
Thick register. (Phon.) See the Note under Register, n., 7.
Thick stuff (Naut.), all plank that is more than four inches thick and less than twelve.
Synonyms: Dense; close; compact; solid; gross; coarse.


adverb
Thick  adv.  
1.
Frequently; fast; quick.
2.
Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
3.
To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.
Thick and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. (Obs.)


verb
Thick  v. t. & v. i.  To thicken. (R.) "The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold."


noun
Thick  n.  
1.
The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. "In the thick of the dust and smoke."
2.
A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. (Obs.) "Through the thick they heard one rudely rush." "He through a little window cast his sight Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light."
Thick-and-thin block (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under Fiddle.
Through thick and thin, through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and small. "Through thick and thin she followed him." "He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy."





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... thick cloud of bigotry and ignorance which overspread the nation during the commonwealth and protectorship, there were a few sedate philosophers, who, in the retirement of Oxford, cultivated their reason, and established conferences for the mutual communication of their ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. - From Charles II. to James II. • David Hume
... lambing-pens, that year, down in the hollow where there was "burra" from the winds. It was snowing when the hurdles and the straw were carted out, and all hands had set to work building the sides of the great square, with their thick, straw walls, their straw roofs, the snug divisions into which the sides were divided, the whole sloping to the south to catch what might be of the pale, wintry sun. Every one knew that sheep lambed quicker and earlier when the snow fell. There had been no time to lose therefore. ...
— 'Murphy' - A Message to Dog Lovers • Major Gambier-Parry
... of pitch- pine logs about two foot and a half long, they stick them in the sides of the grave down each end and near the top, through of where (sic) the other ends lie in the ridge-pole, so that they are declining like the roof of a house. These being very thick placed, they cover them many times double with bark; then they throw the earth thereon that came out of the grave and beat it down very firm. By this means the dead body lies in a vault, nothing touching him. After a time the body is taken up, the bones cleaned, and deposited ...
— An introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians • H. C. Yarrow
... employed (regardless of the department to which they belong) to represent spiritual things, their interpretation being easily seen; such as candle-sticks, altar, temple, incense, etc. When the plague of "thick darkness" covered the land of Egypt for three days, "the children of Israel had light in their dwellings." In the exodus the Lord went before them "by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light." After the erection of the tabernacle ...
— The Revelation Explained • F. Smith
... up above the open, welcoming door It hangs, a piece of wood with colours dim. Once, long ago, it was a waving tree And knew the sun and shadow through the leaves Of forest trees, in a thick eastern wood. The winter snows had bent its branches down, The spring had swelled its buds with coming flowers, Summer had run like fire through its veins, While autumn pelted it with chestnut burrs, And strewed the leafy ground with acorn cups. Dark midnight storms had ...
— A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass • Amy Lowell


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