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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.

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

thickish adj.
thickly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.thickly - spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue; "after a few drinks he was beginning to speak thickly"
2.thickly - in a concentrated manner; "old houses are often so densely packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for every new one built"; "a thickly populated area"
thinly - in a widely distributed manner; "thinly overgrown mountainside"
3.thickly - with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick"
thin, thinly - without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin"
4.thickly - with thickness; in a thick manner; "spread 1/4 lb softened margarine or cooking fat fairly thickly all over the surface"; "we were visiting a small, thickly walled and lovely town with straggling outskirt"
thinly, lightly - in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly"
5.thickly - in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick"
Translations

thickly [ˈθɪklɪ] adv [spread] → en capa espesa; [cut] → en rebanada gruesa; [populated] → densamente
thickly [ˈθɪklɪ] adv [spread] → en couche épaisse; [cut] → en tranches épaisses;
thickly populated → à forte densité de population
thickly [ˈθɪklɪ] thick adv [spread, cut] → dick;
thickly populated thick → dicht bevölkert
thickly [ˈθɪklɪ] adv [spread] → a strati spessi; [cut] → a fette grosse; [populated] → densamente


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