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English Dictionary: thick	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thick adv with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick" Synonym(s): thickly, thick Antonym(s): thin, thinly in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick" Synonym(s): thick, thickly adj 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" Antonym(s): thin having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair" relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" Antonym(s): thin spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred" Synonym(s): slurred, 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" Synonym(s): compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods" Synonym(s): dense, thick (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" Synonym(s): thick, deep (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" Synonym(s): chummy, buddy-buddy, thick(p) (used informally) stupid Synonym(s): blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust" n the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd" Synonym(s): midst, thick
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thick \Thick\ (th[icr]k), a. [Compar. {Thicker} (-[etil]r); superl. {Thickest}.] [OE. thicke, AS. [thorn]icce; akin to D. dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. [thorn]ykkr, [thorn]j[94]kkr, and probably to Gael. & Ir. tiugh. Cf. {Tight}.] 1. Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick. Were it as thick as is a branched oak. --Chaucer. My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. --1 Kings xii. 10. 2. Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck. 3. Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness. Make the gruel thick and slab. --Shak. 4. Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain. [bd]In a thick, misty day.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 5. Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring. The people were gathered thick together. --Luke xi. 29. Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood. --Dryden. 6. Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance. 7. Deep; profound; as, thick sleep. [R.] --Shak. 8. Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing. --Shak. His dimensions to any thick sight were invincible. --Shak. 9. Intimate; very friendly; familiar. [Colloq.] We have been thick ever since. --T. Hughes. Note: Thick is often used in the formation of compounds, most of which are self-explaining; as, thick-barred, thick-bodied, thick-coming, thick-cut, thick-flying, thick-growing, thick-leaved, thick-lipped, thick-necked, thick-planted, thick-ribbed, thick-shelled, thick-woven, and the like. {Thick register}. (Phon.) See the Note under {Register}, n., 7. {Thick stuff} (Naut.), all plank that is more than four inches thick and less than twelve. --J. Knowles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thick \Thick\, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. [thorn]iccian.] To thicken. [R.] The nightmare Life-in-death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. --Coleridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thick \Thick\, n. 1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. In the thick of the dust and smoke. --Knolles. 2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] --Drayton. Through the thick they heard one rudely rush. --Spenser. He through a little window cast his sight Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light. --Dryden. {Thick-and-thin block} (Naut.), a fiddle block. See under {Fiddle}. {Through thick and thin}, through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and small. Through thick and thin she followed him. --Hudibras. He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy. --Coleridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thick \Thick\ (th[icr]k), adv. [AS. [thorn]icce.] 1. Frequently; fast; quick. 2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown. 3. To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure. {Thick and threefold}, in quick succession, or in great numbers. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.