thick

thick  (thk)

adj. thick·er, thick·est

1.

a. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension; not thin: a thick board.

b. Measuring a specified number of units in this dimension: two inches thick.

2. Heavy in form, build, or stature; thickset: a thick neck.

3. Having component parts in a close, crowded state or arrangement; dense: a thick forest.

4. Having or suggesting a heavy or viscous consistency: thick tomato sauce.

5. Having a great number; abounding: a room thick with flies.

6. Impenetrable by the eyes: a thick fog.

7.

a. Not easy to hear or understand; indistinctly articulated: the thick speech of a drunkard.

b. Producing indistinctly articulated sounds: the thick tongues of barbarians.

8. Strongly apparent; conspicuous: a thick brogue.

9. Informal Lacking mental agility; stupid.

10. Informal Very friendly; intimate: thick friends.

11. Informal Going beyond what is tolerable; excessive.

adv.

1. In a thick manner; deeply or heavily: Seashells lay thick on the beach.

2. In a close, compact state or arrangement; densely: Dozens of braids hung thick from the back of her head.

3. So as to be thick; thickly: Slice the bread thick for the best French toast.

n.

1. The thickest part.

2. The most active or intense part: in the thick of the fighting.

Idiom:

thick and thin

Good and bad times: They remained friends through thick and thin.

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[Middle English thicke, from Old English thicce; see tegu- in Indo-European roots.]

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thickish adj.

thickly adv.

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thick

Adjective

1. having a relatively great distance between opposite surfaces: thick slices

2. having a specified distance between opposite surfaces: fifty metres thick

3. having a dense consistency: thick fog

4. consisting of a lot of things grouped closely together: thick forest

5. (of clothes) made of heavy cloth or wool: a thick jumper

6. Informal stupid, slow, or insensitive

7. (of an accent) very noticeable: each word was pronounced in a thick Dutch accent

8. Also: (thick as thieves) Informal very friendly

9. a bit thick Brit informal unfair or unreasonable: £2 an hour, that's a bit thick!

10. thick with

a. covered with a lot of: glass panels thick with dust

b. (of a voice) throaty and hard to make out: his voice was thick with emotion

Adverb

1. in order to produce something thick: the machine sliced the potatoes too thick

2. lay it on thick Informal

a. to exaggerate a story

b. to flatter someone excessively

3. thick and fast quickly and in large numbers: theories were flying thick and fast

Noun

1. the thick the most intense or active part: in the thick of the fighting

2. through thick and thin in good times and bad [Old English thicce]

thickly adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thick - the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd" midst inside, interior - the region that is inside of something
Adj.	1.	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" fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" broad, wide - having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river" thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
	2.	thick - having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair" concentrated - gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore"
	3.	thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" thin - relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"
	4.	thick - spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred" slurred unintelligible - poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise; "unintelligible speech"
	5.	thick - having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man" heavyset, stocky, thickset, compact short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
	6.	thick - hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods" dense impenetrable - not admitting of penetration or passage into or through; "an impenetrable fortress"; "impenetrable rain forests"
	7.	thick - (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" deep intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
	8.	thick - (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" buddy-buddy, chummy colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech close - close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"
	9.	thick - (used informally) stupid blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thickheaded, wooden-headed stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
	10.	thick - abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust" abundant - present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
Adv.	1.	thick - with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick" thickly
	2.	thick - in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick" thickly

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thick

adjective 1. bulky, broad, big, large, fat, solid, substantial, hefty, plump, sturdy, stout, chunky, stocky, meaty, beefy, thickset << OPPOSITE thin

adjective 2. wide, across, deep, broad, in extent or diameter

adjective 3. dense, close, heavy, deep, compact, impenetrable, lush

adjective 4. heavy, heavyweight, dense, chunky, bulky, woolly

adjective 5. opaque, heavy, dense, impenetrable

adjective 6. viscous, concentrated, stiff, condensed, clotted, coagulated, gelatinous, semi-solid, viscid << OPPOSITE runny

adjective 7. crowded, full, packed, covered, filled, bursting, jammed, crawling, choked, crammed, swarming, abundant, bristling, brimming, overflowing, seething, thronged, teeming, congested, replete, chock-full, bursting at the seams, chock-a-block << OPPOSITE empty

adjective 8. husky, rough, hoarse, distorted, muffled, croaking, inarticulate, throaty, indistinct, gravelly, guttural, raspy, croaky << OPPOSITE clear

adjective 9. strong, marked, broad, decided, rich, distinct, pronounced << OPPOSITE slight

adjective 10. stupid, slow, dull, dense, insensitive, dozy Brit. (informal) dopey (informal) moronic, obtuse, brainless, blockheaded, braindead (informal) dumb-ass (informal) thickheaded, dim-witted (informal) slow-witted << OPPOSITE clever

adjective 11. (Informal) friendly, close, intimate, familiar, pally (informal) devoted, well in (informal) confidential, inseparable, on good terms, chummy (informal) hand in glove, buddy-buddy (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. palsy-walsy (informal) matey or maty Brit. (informal) << OPPOSITE unfriendly

noun 12. middle, centre, heart, focus, core, midst, hub

Translations

thick [θɪk] adj [wall, slice] → grueso (= dense) [liquid, smoke etc] → espeso; [vegetation, beard] → tupido (= stupid); torpe

n in the thick of the battle → en lo más reñido de la batalla;

it's 20 cm thick → tiene 20 cm de espesor

thick [θɪk] adj → épais(se); [crowd] → dense (= stupid); bête, borné(e)

n in the thick of → au beau milieu de, en plein cœur de;

it's 20 cm thick → ça a 20 cm d'épaisseur

thick [θɪk] adj → dick; [sauce etc] → dickflüssig; [fog, forest, hair etc] → dicht;

(inf) (= stupid); blöd

n in the thick of the battle → mitten im Gefecht;

it's 20 cm thick → es ist 20 cm dick

thick [θɪk] adj → spesso/a; [crowd] → compatto/a (= stupid); ottuso/a, lento/a

n in the thick of → nel folto di;

it's 20 cm thick → ha uno spessore di 20 cm

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thick

adj thick [θik]

1 having a relatively large distance between opposite sides; not thin a thick book; thick walls; thick glass. dik سَميك дебел silný, tlustý tyk dick παχύς, χοντρός grueso paks ضخیم؛ کلفت paksu épais עָבֶה मोटा debeo vastag tebal þykkur spesso 厚い 두꺼운 storas biezs tebal dik tykk gruby grosso gros толстый hrubý debel debeo tjock หนา kalın 厚的 товстий دبيز، ضخيم dày 厚的

2 having a certain distance between opposite sides It's two inches thick; a two-inch-thick pane of glass. dik غَليظ дебел silný, tlustý tyk dick σε πάχος de grosor paksune, jämedune دارای ضخامت یا کلفتی معیین paksu épais de; de (...) d'épaisseur בְּעוֹבִי घना debeo vastag setebal þykkur grosso, spesso ～の厚さの 두께가 ...인 storumo biezs ketebalan dik tykk gruby de grossura gros de (...) толщину hrubý debel debeo tjock ความหนา ... kalınlığında 厚 такий, що має певну товщину موٹا có bề dày là 厚

3 (of liquids, mixtures etc) containing solid matter; not flowing (easily) when poured thick soup. dik ثَخين гъст hustý tyk dickflüssig πηχτός espeso, denso sagune, poolpaks غلیظ sakea épais, consistant סָמִיך गाढा़ gust sűrű kental þykkur, seigfljótandi denso 濃い 걸쭉한 tirštas biezs pekat dik tykk gęsty grossa dens, consistent густой hustý gost gust tjock[] ข้น koyu 粘稠的 густий گاڑھا، کثيف đặc 粘稠的

4 made of many single units placed very close together; dense a thick forest; thick hair. dik كَثيف гъст hustý tæt; tyk dicht πυκνός denso, espeso, abundante tihe پر؛ مملو tiheä dense צָפוּף घन, भरा हुआ, अहुत अधिक, बहुसंखयक gust, brojan sűrű lebat þéttur folto 茂った 빽빽한; 숱이 많은 tankus biezs tebal dicht tett, tykk gęsty espesso dens густой hustý gost gust tjock, tät หนาทึบ yoğun, sık, gür 茂密的 щільний, густий گنجان rậm, rậm rạp 茂密的

5 difficult to see through thick fog. digte دامِس، مُظلِم непроницаем hustý tæt dicht πυκνός, απροσπέλαστος denso, espeso paks غلیظ paksu opaque סָמִיך धुंधला gust, mutan sűrű tebal þéttur fitto 濃い 짙은 tirštas biezs tebal dicht tett, tykk gęsty denso des густой hustý gost gust tjock, tät ยากที่จะมองผ่านไปได้ yoğun, kalın 濃厚的 густий گہرا، گھنا dày đặc 浓厚的

6 full of, covered with etc The room was thick with dust; The air was thick with smoke. vol مُغَطّى пълен plný fuld af; tyk af voller πηγμένος cargado paks پوشیده؛ پر از paksu plein (de), couvert (de) מָלֵא मैला pun čega, bogat tele penuh morandi pieno ～でいっぱいの 자욱한, 충만해 있는 pilnas pilns dipenuhi vol tett med, fylt av pełen espesso plin (de) покрытый/насыщенный (чем-л.) plný poln pun tjock, full หนาแน่น ... ile dolu, ... ile kaplı 充滿的 заповнений بھرا ہوا đầy, phủ đầy 充满的

7 stupid Don't be so thick! dig غَبي، ثَقيل الفَهْم глупав hloupý tykhovedet blöd χοντροκέφαλος, ηλίθιος tonto rumal کودن typerä bête מְטוּמטָם मूर्ख tup, glup ostoba bodoh heimskur stupido ばかな 어리석은 kvailas, bukas stulbs; neaptēsts (par cilvēku) bodoh dom dum, teit głupi, tępy estúpido tâmpit тупой hlúpy neumen glup tjockskallig, dum โง่ ahmak, kalın kafalı 笨的 дурний, тупий احمق ngu ngốc, dại dột 笨的

n

the thickest, most crowded or active part in the thick of the forest; in the thick of the fight. middel في الجُزْء الأكْثَف من الغابَه най-гъстата част uprostřed tykning; hede dichtester Teil, das Gewühl κέντρο, καρδιά (μτφ.) parte más espesa; corazón; crítico kõige tihedam koht, kõige ägedam möll ضخامت؛ انبوهی tiheys, tuoksina le plus épais de; en plein cœur de הַמָקוֹם הַצָפוּף בְּיוֹתֵר मध्य में najgušće mjesto vminek a sűrűje paling dahsyat þar sem mest gengur á; í erfiðasta/þéttasta (hluta e-s) folto, fitto; mezzo まっただ中 밀집한 부분, 활동이 가장 심한 때[] tankmė, įkarštis biezums; biežņa di tengah-tengah het midden midt i det tykkeste; tykke skogen; kampens hete gąszcz, środek espessura în adâncul; în inima гуща; пекло uprostred, vo víre sredi dubina mitt uppe [] ส่วนที่ลึก หนาหรือกว้างที่สุด ormanın tam ortasında; en yoğun/kalabalık yer 最密集的部分，最激烈處 гущавина; гуща گنجان حصہ chỗ dày nhất 最密集的部分，最激烈处

adv ˈthickly

dik بِكَثافَه، بِغَباء، بِظَلام гъсто silně, tlustě tykt dick πηχτά, πυκνά densamente, espesamente paksult, tihedalt بطور انبوه یا غلیظ paksusti en une couche épaisse בִּצפִיפוּת घनेपन से, मोटाई से debelo, gusto vastagon, sűrűn tebal þétt foltamente, fittamente 厚く 두껍게 storai biezi; trekni padat dik tykt, tett grubo espessamente gros густо; плотно husto; hrubo debelo gusto tjockt อย่างหนาหนา kalınca, sıkça, gür 厚厚地 густо گنجان طور پر dày, rậm rạp 厚厚地

n ˈthickness

dikte سُمْك، غِلَظ، ثِخَن، كثافَه، غَباء гъстота síla, tloušťka tykhed die Dicke πάχος, πυκνότητα densidad, espesor paksus, tihedus انبوهی؛ غلظت paksuus épaisseur עוֹבִי घनापन, मोटाई debljina, gustoća vastagság, sűrűség ketebalan þykkleiki, þykkt foltezza, spessore 厚さ 두꺼움 storumas, tankumas, tirštumas biezums; stulbums tebalnya dikte tykkelse; tetthet grubość espessura grosime толщина; густота;плотность hrúbka; hustota; tučnota debelina gustina tjocklek ความหนา kalınlık, sıklık 厚(度) товщина, щільність ضخامت، کثافت sự dày 厚（度）

v ˈthicken

to make or become thick or thicker We'll add some flour to thicken the soup; The fog thickened and we could no longer see the road. verdig, verdik يَتَكَثَّف، يَثْخَن сгъстявам (се) zhoustnout jævne; blive tættere verdicken,-dichten πήζω, πυκνώνω espesar(se) paksendama, paksenema ضخیم کردن sakeuttaa, tihentyä (s')épaissir לְעַבּוֹת गाढ़ा करना zgustiti, postati gust besűrít mengentalkan þykkja; þykkna addensare; ispessire 厚くする 두껍게[]하다, 짙게 하다; 두꺼워지다, 짙어지다 tirštinti, tirštėti iebiezināt; sabiezēt menebal; memekat dikker maken/worden gjøre/bli tykkere, tykne zagęścić, zgęstnieć engrossar a (se) îngroşa утолщать(ся); сгущать(ся) zhustnúť zgostiti (se) zgusnuti se [] tjockna, tätna ทำให้หนาขึ้น kalınlaş(tır)mak, koyulaş(tır)mak 使變厚(粗、密、濃)或(更厚、更粗、更密、更濃) згущувати(ся) گاڑھا کرنا، موٹا کرنا làm cho dày thêm 使变厚（粗、密、浓）或（更厚、更粗、更密、更浓）

adj ˌthick-ˈskinned

not easily hurt by criticism or insults You won't upset her – she's very thick-skinned. dikvellig شَديد الحَساسِيَه безчувствен necitlivý tykhudet dickhäutig χοντρόπετσος, ασυγκίνητος insensible, duro paksunahaline پوست کلفت paksunahkainen peu sensible בַּעַל עוֹר שֶׁל פִּיל चिकना घड़ा जिस पर आलोचना भर्त्सना का कोई असर न हो, मोटी चमड़ी वाला debelokožan érzéketlen tebal jangat ekki hörundsár insensibile, (dalla pelle dura) 鈍感な 낯이 두꺼운 nejautrus biezādains; nejūtīgs tebal kulit ongevoelig tykkhudet gruboskórny insensível nepăsător толстокожий necitlivý, ľahostajný debelokožen neosetljiv tjockhudad ไม่อ่อนไหวง่าย vurdumduymaz, pişkin 不知羞恥的，厚臉皮的 товстошкірий بے حس trơ lì, mặt dày 不知羞耻的，厚脸皮的

thick and fast

frequently and in large numbers The bullets/insults were flying thick and fast. oralster, vinnig بِكَثافَه начесто hustě lige efter hinanden hageldicht σαν βροχή, συχνά και σε μεγάλες ποσότητες en abundancia vahetpidamata فراوان و پشت سر هم tiuhaan dru בִּצפִיפוּת मोटा व तेज gust, učestao záporoztak ... kerap þétt (in quantità) ひっきりなしに 연방, 줄기차게 labai dažnai, vienas po kito viens pēc otra; cits pēc cita cepat dan banyak snel na elkaar tett i tett, slag i slag często em quantidade cu toptanul, în număr mare (сыпаться) градом husto na gosto u velikoj meri tätt, slag i slag จำนวนมากและเพิ่มขึ้นรวดเร็ว sürekli ve çok sayıda 頻頻 один за одним بوچھاڑ liên tục, nhiều 频频

through thick and thin

whatever happens; in spite of all difficulties They were friends through thick and thin. deur dik en dun في السَّرّاء والضَّرّاء، مَهما يَحْدُث въпреки всички пречки za všech okolností gennem tykt og tyndt durch dick und dünn ό,τι κι αν συμβεί, στη χαρά και στη λύπη contra viento y marea, incondicionalmente, pase lo que pase, a las duras y a las maduras ükskõik mis ka ei juhtuks, läbi paksu ja vedela در تمام ناملایمات uskollinen contre vents et marées בַּאֵש וּבַמַים सुख दुख में kroz vatru i vodu tűzön-vízen át apa pun yang terjadi gegnum súrt og sætt (nella buona e nella cattiva sorte) 何事があろうと 언제나 변함 없이; 만난을 무릅쓰고 ir džiaugsme, ir varge; nepaisant kliūčių/sunkumų caur uguni un ūdeni susah senang door dik en dun gjennom tykt og tynt w doli i niedoli, na dobre i na złe para a vida la bine şi la rău несмотря ни на что za každých okolností v dobrem in slabem i u dobru i u zlu i alla väder, i vått och torrt ไม่ว่าจะเกิดอะไร iyi günde de kötü günde de 不顧艱難險阻，不論禍福 наполегливо, незважаючи ні на які труднощі ہر طرح کي پريشانيوں کے باوجود bất chấp điều gì xảy ra, bất chấp khó khăn 不顾艰难险阻，不论祸福