thick

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”

closely crowded together

• “a compact shopping center”
• “a dense population”
• “thick crowds”

relatively dense in consistency

• “thick cream”
• “thick soup”
• “thick smoke”
• “thick fog”

spoken as if with a thick tongue

• “the thick speech of a drunkard”
• “his words were slurred”

wide from side to side

• “a heavy black mark”

hard to pass through because of dense growth

• “dense vegetation”
• “thick woods”

(of darkness) very intense

• “thick night”
• “thick darkness”
• “a face in deep shadow”
• “deep night”

abundant

• “a thick head of hair”

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”

(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”

used informally

abundantly covered or filled

• “the top was thick with dust”

the location of something surrounded by other things

• “in the midst of the crowd”

with a thick consistency

• “the blood was flowing thick”

in quick succession

• “misfortunes come fast and thick”