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Dictionary definition for: Thick

1. (n) the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd"

2. (a) 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

3. (r) with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick"

4. (s) closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center" "a dense population" "thick crowds"

5. (r) in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick"

6. (a) relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream" "thick soup" "thick smoke" "thick fog"

7. (s) spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard" "his words were slurred"

8. (s) wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark"

9. (s) hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation" "thick woods"

10. (s) (of darkness) very intense; "thick night" "thick darkness" "a face in deep shadow" "deep night"

11. (s) abundant; "a thick head of hair"

12. (s) 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"

13. (s) used informally

14. (s) abundantly covered or filled; "the top was thick with dust"

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