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thick

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thick in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. (used informally) stupid
    blockheaded  boneheaded  duncical  duncish  fatheaded  loggerheaded  thick  thickheaded  thick-skulled  wooden-headed 
  2. (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"
    chummy  buddy-buddy  thick 
  3. having a short and solid form or stature
    "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
    compact  heavyset  stocky  thick  thickset 
  4. (of darkness) very intense
    "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"
    thick  deep 
  5. hard to pass through because of dense growth
    "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
    dense  thick 
  6. spoken as if with a thick tongue
    "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred"
    slurred  thick 
  7. not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
    "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
    thick 
  8. relatively dense in consistency
    "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
    thick 
  9. abounding; having a lot of
    "the top was thick with dust"
    thick 
  10. having component parts closely crowded together
    "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"
    thick 
noun
  1. the location of something surrounded by other things
    "in the midst of the crowd"
    midst  thick 
adverb
  1. in quick succession
    "misfortunes come fast and thick"
    thick  thickly  thick  thickly 
  2. with a thick consistency
    "the blood was flowing thick"
    thickly  thick  thickly  thick 
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