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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thick \Thick\ (th[i^]k), adv [AS. [thorn]icce.] 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.] --L'Estrange. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thick \Thick\, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS [thorn]iccian.] To thicken. [R.] The nightmare Life-in-death was she Who thicks man's blood with cold. --Coleridge. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thick \Thick\ (th[i^]k), a. [Compar. {Thicker} (-[~e]r); superl. {Thickest}.] [OE. thicke, AS [thorn]icce; akin to D. dik, OS thikki OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. [thorn]ykkr, [thorn]j["o]kkr, and probably to Gael. & Ir tiugh. Cf {Tight}.] 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. --Chaucer. My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. --1 Kings xii. 10. 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. --Shak. 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.'' --Sir W. Scott. 5. Abundant, close or crowded in space; closely set following in quick succession; frequently recurring. The people were gathered thick together. --Luke xi 29. Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood. --Dryden. 6. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as a thick utterance. 7. Deep; profound; as thick sleep. [R.] --Shak. 8. Dull; not quick; as thick of fearing. --Shak. His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible. --Shak. 9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.] We have been thick ever since. --T. Hughes. 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. --J. Knowles. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thick \Thick\, n. 1. The thickest part or the time when anything is thickest. In the thick of the dust and smoke. --Knolles. 2. A thicket; as gloomy thicks. [Obs.] --Drayton. Through the thick they heard one rudely rush. --Spenser. He through a little window cast his sight Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. --Dryden. {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 --Hudibras. He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy. --Coleridge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thick adj 1: 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" [ant: {thin}] 2: closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds" [syn: {compact}, {dense}] 3: relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" [ant: {thin}] 4: spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred" [syn: {slurred}] 5: wide from side to side "a heavy black mark" [syn: {heavy}] 6: hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods" [syn: {dense}] 7: (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" [syn: {deep}] 8: abundant; "a thick head of hair" 9: 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" [syn: {compact}, {heavyset}, {stocky}, {thickset}] 10: (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" [syn: {chummy}, {thick(p)}] 11: used informally [syn: {blockheaded}, {boneheaded}, {fatheaded}, {loggerheaded}, {thickheaded}, {thick-skulled}, {wooden-headed}] 12: abundantly covered of filled; "the top was thick with dust" n : the location of something surrounded by other things "in the midst of the crowd" [syn: {midst}] adv 1: with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick" [syn: {thickly}] [ant: {thinly}] 2: in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick" [syn: {thickly}]
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