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thick


 
  Grep  of  noun  thick 
  richard  trevithick 
  thick 
  thick-billed  murre 
  thick-footed  morel 
  thick-knee 
  thick  skin 
  thickener 
  thickening 
  thicket 
  thickhead 
  thickness 
  trevithick 
 
  Overview  of  noun  thick 
 
  The  noun  thick  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  midst,  thick  --  (the  location  of  something  surrounded  by  other  things  "in  the  midst  of  the  crowd") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  thick 
 
  The  adj  thick  has  12  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (25)  thick  --  (not  thin;  of  relatively  great  extent  from  one  surface  to  the  opposite  usually  in  the  smallest  of  the  three  solid  dimensions;  "a  thick  board";  "a  thick  sandwich";  "spread  a  thick  layer  of  butter";  "thick  coating  of  dust";  "thick  warm  blankets";  or  of  a  specific  thickness;  "an  inch  thick") 
  2.  (7)  compact,  dense,  thick  --  (closely  crowded  together;  "a  compact  shopping  center";  "a  dense  population";  "thick  crowds") 
  3.  (6)  thick  --  (relatively  dense  in  consistency;  "thick  cream";  "thick  soup";  "thick  smoke";  "thick  fog") 
  4.  (2)  slurred,  thick  --  (spoken  as  if  with  a  thick  tongue;  "the  thick  speech  of  a  drunkard";  "his  words  were  slurred") 
  5.  heavy,  thick  --  (wide  from  side  to  side  "a  heavy  black  mark") 
  6.  dense,  thick  --  (hard  to  pass  through  because  of  dense  growth;  "dense  vegetation";  "thick  woods") 
  7.  thick,  deep  --  ((of  darkness)  very  intense;  "thick  night";  "thick  darkness";  "a  face  in  deep  shadow";  "deep  night") 
  8.  thick  --  (abundant;  "a  thick  head  of  hair") 
  9.  compact,  heavyset,  stocky,  thick,  thickset  --  (heavy  and  compact  in  form  or  stature;  "a  wrestler  of  compact  build";  "he  was  tall  and  heavyset";  "stocky  legs";  "a  thick  middle-aged  man";  "a  thickset  young  man") 
  10.  chummy,  thick  --  ((used  informally)  associated  on  close  terms;  "a  close  friend";  "the  bartender  was  chummy  with  the  regular  customers";  "the  two  were  thick  as  thieves  for  months") 
  11.  blockheaded,  boneheaded,  fatheaded,  loggerheaded,  thick,  thickheaded,  thick-skulled,  wooden-headed  --  (used  informally) 
  12.  thick  --  (abundantly  covered  of  filled;  "the  top  was  thick  with  dust") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  thick 
 
  The  adv  thick  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  thickly,  thick  --  (with  a  thick  consistency;  "the  blood  was  flowing  thick") 
  2.  thick,  thickly  --  (in  quick  succession;  "misfortunes  come  fast  and  thick") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  thick 
 
  12  senses  of  thick 
 
  Sense  1 
  thick  (vs.  thin) 
 
  thin  (vs.  thick) 
  =>  bladed 
  =>  capillary,  hairlike 
  =>  chiffon 
  =>  compressed,  flat 
  =>  depressed 
  =>  diaphanous,  filmy,  gauzy,  gossamer,  see-through,  sheer,  transparent,  vaporous,  cobwebby 
  =>  filamentous,  filiform,  filamentlike,  threadlike,  thready 
  =>  fine 
  =>  flimsy,  light 
  =>  hyperfine 
  =>  papery 
  =>  sleazy 
  =>  slender 
  =>  tenuous 
  =>  wafer-thin 
  =>  ribbonlike,  ribbony 
 
  Sense  2 
  compact,  dense,  thick 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  concentrated)  ->  distributed 
 
  Sense  3 
  thick  (vs.  thin) 
 
  thin  (vs.  thick) 
  =>  tenuous 
  =>  rare  rarefied,  rarified 
 
  Sense  4 
  slurred,  thick 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unintelligible)  ->  intelligible 
 
  Sense  5 
  heavy,  thick 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  wide)  ->  narrow 
 
  Sense  6 
  dense,  thick 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  impenetrable)  ->  penetrable 
 
  Sense  7 
  thick,  deep 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  intense)  ->  mild 
 
  Sense  8 
  thick 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  heavy)  ->  light 
 
  Sense  9 
  compact,  heavyset,  stocky,  thick,  thickset 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  fat)  ->  thin,  lean 
 
  Sense  10 
  chummy,  thick(prenominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  close)  ->  distant 
 
  Sense  11 
  blockheaded,  boneheaded,  fatheaded,  loggerheaded,  thick,  thickheaded,  thick-skulled,  wooden-headed 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  stupid)  ->  smart 
 
  Sense  12 
  thick 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  abundant)  ->  scarce 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  thick 
 
  12  senses  of  thick 
 
  Sense  1 
  thick  (vs.  thin) 
  =>  deep 
  =>  deep-chested 
  =>  fat 
  =>  four-ply 
  =>  heavy 
  =>  quilted 
  =>  three-ply 
  =>  two-ply 
  =>  thickened 
  Also  See->  fat#1;  wide#1,  broad#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  compact,  dense,  thick 
  =>  concentrated  (vs.  distributed) 
 
  Sense  3 
  thick  (vs.  thin) 
  =>  clogged,  clotted 
  =>  creamy,  cream(postnominal),  soupy 
  =>  dense,  heavy,  impenetrable 
  =>  gelatinous,  gelatinlike,  jellylike 
  =>  heavy 
  =>  ropy,  ropey,  stringy,  thready 
  =>  syrupy,  viscous 
  =>  thickened 
  =>  coagulable 
  =>  coagulate,  coagulated,  curdled,  grumous,  grumose 
 
  Sense  4 
  slurred,  thick 
  =>  unintelligible  (vs.  intelligible) 
 
  Sense  5 
  heavy,  thick 
  =>  wide  (vs.  narrow),  broad 
 
  Sense  6 
  dense,  thick 
  =>  impenetrable  (vs.  penetrable) 
 
  Sense  7 
  thick,  deep 
  =>  intense  (vs.  mild) 
 
  Sense  8 
  thick 
  =>  heavy  (vs.  light) 
 
  Sense  9 
  compact,  heavyset,  stocky,  thick,  thickset 
  =>  fat  (vs.  thin) 
 
  Sense  10 
  chummy,  thick(prenominal) 
  =>  close  (vs.  distant) 
 
  Sense  11 
  blockheaded,  boneheaded,  fatheaded,  loggerheaded,  thick,  thickheaded,  thick-skulled,  wooden-headed 
  =>  stupid  (vs.  smart) 
 
  Sense  12 
  thick 
  =>  abundant  (vs.  scarce) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  thick 
 
  2  of  12  senses  of  thick 
 
  Sense  1 
  thick  (vs.  thin) 
  =>  thickness 
 
  Sense  3 
  thick  (vs.  thin) 
  =>  thickness 
  =>  consistency,  consistence,  body 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  thick 
 
  thick  used  as  an  adjective  is  familiar  (polysemy  count  =  12) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  thick 
  thick 
  thick-skinned 
  thick-skulled 
  thick  with 
  thickened 
  thickening 
  thickheaded 
  thickly  settled 
  thickset 
  thickspread 
 
  Overview  of  noun  thick 
 
  The  noun  thick  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  midst,  thick  --  (the  location  of  something  surrounded  by  other  things  "in  the  midst  of  the  crowd") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  thick 
 
  The  adj  thick  has  12  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (25)  thick  --  (not  thin;  of  relatively  great  extent  from  one  surface  to  the  opposite  usually  in  the  smallest  of  the  three  solid  dimensions;  "a  thick  board";  "a  thick  sandwich";  "spread  a  thick  layer  of  butter";  "thick  coating  of  dust";  "thick  warm  blankets";  or  of  a  specific  thickness;  "an  inch  thick") 
  2.  (7)  compact,  dense,  thick  --  (closely  crowded  together;  "a  compact  shopping  center";  "a  dense  population";  "thick  crowds") 
  3.  (6)  thick  --  (relatively  dense  in  consistency;  "thick  cream";  "thick  soup";  "thick  smoke";  "thick  fog") 
  4.  (2)  slurred,  thick  --  (spoken  as  if  with  a  thick  tongue;  "the  thick  speech  of  a  drunkard";  "his  words  were  slurred") 
  5.  heavy,  thick  --  (wide  from  side  to  side  "a  heavy  black  mark") 
  6.  dense,  thick  --  (hard  to  pass  through  because  of  dense  growth;  "dense  vegetation";  "thick  woods") 
  7.  thick,  deep  --  ((of  darkness)  very  intense;  "thick  night";  "thick  darkness";  "a  face  in  deep  shadow";  "deep  night") 
  8.  thick  --  (abundant;  "a  thick  head  of  hair") 
  9.  compact,  heavyset,  stocky,  thick,  thickset  --  (heavy  and  compact  in  form  or  stature;  "a  wrestler  of  compact  build";  "he  was  tall  and  heavyset";  "stocky  legs";  "a  thick  middle-aged  man";  "a  thickset  young  man") 
  10.  chummy,  thick  --  ((used  informally)  associated  on  close  terms;  "a  close  friend";  "the  bartender  was  chummy  with  the  regular  customers";  "the  two  were  thick  as  thieves  for  months") 
  11.  blockheaded,  boneheaded,  fatheaded,  loggerheaded,  thick,  thickheaded,  thick-skulled,  wooden-headed  --  (used  informally) 
  12.  thick  --  (abundantly  covered  of  filled;  "the  top  was  thick  with  dust") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  thick 
 
  The  adv  thick  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  thickly,  thick  --  (with  a  thick  consistency;  "the  blood  was  flowing  thick") 
  2.  thick,  thickly  --  (in  quick  succession;  "misfortunes  come  fast  and  thick") 



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