Thick (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog".
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Meaning 2
Spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred".
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Meaning 3
Hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods".
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Meaning 4
Abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust".
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Meaning 5
Having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair".
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Meaning 6
(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".
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Meaning 7
Having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man".
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Meaning 8
(used informally) stupid.
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- He's so thick, he thinks the moon is made of cheese.
- I'm not arguing with you, you're being really thick about this.
- She's not lazy, she's just thick and doesn't understand the instructions.
- Don't be thick, just use a map to find your way.
- He's thick as a brick, he can't even solve a simple math problem.
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Meaning 9
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".
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Meaning 10
(of darkness) densely dark; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night".
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