English dictionary
thick
nounPronunciation
/θɪk/
/θɘk/
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
- A thicket.
- A stupid person; a fool.
verb
- To thicken.
adjective
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Abounding in number.
- Impenetrable to sight.
- (Of an accent) Prominent, strong.
- Stupid.
- Friendly or intimate.
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Troublesome; unreasonable
- (chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
adverb
- In a thick manner.
- Frequently or numerously.
Example sentences
It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
I want some planks that are two inches thick.
He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
We walked through thick undergrowth.
My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
The room was thick with reporters.
We drove through thick fog.
He was as thick as two short planks.
They were as thick as thieves.
Thick darkness.
Snow lay thick on the ground.
The arrows flew thick and fast around us.