thick /θɪk/
1. the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"
1. 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"
synset: thick
2. having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"
synset: thick
3. relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
synset: thick
4. spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred"
5. having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
synset: compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset
6. hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
7. (of darkness) densely dark; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"
8. (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"
synset: chummy, buddy-buddy, thick
synset: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed
10. abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust"
synset: thick
1. with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick"
2. in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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