Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Thick \Thick\ (th[i^]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.
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.
Thick \Thick\ (th[i^]k), a. [Compar. {Thicker} (-[~e]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["o]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.
``In a thick, misty day.'' --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.
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.
Source : WordNet®
thick
adj 1: 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" [ant: {thin}]
2: closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a
dense population"; "thick crowds" [syn: {compact}, {dense}]
3: relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick
soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" [ant: {thin}]
4: spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a
drunkard"; "his words were slurred" [syn: {slurred}]
5: wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark" [syn: {heavy}]
6: hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense
vegetation"; "thick woods" [syn: {dense}]
7: (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness";
"a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" [syn: {deep}]
8: abundant; "a thick head of hair"
9: heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact
build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a
thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man" [syn: {compact},
{heavyset}, {stocky}, {thickset}]
10: (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"
[syn: {chummy}, {buddy-buddy}, {thick(p)}]
11: used informally [syn: {blockheaded}, {boneheaded}, {fatheaded},
{loggerheaded}, {thickheaded}, {thick-skulled}, {wooden-headed}]
12: abundantly covered or filled; "the top was thick with dust"
thick
n : the location of something surrounded by other things; "in
the midst of the crowd" [syn: {midst}]
thick
adv 1: with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick"
[syn: {thickly}] [ant: {thinly}]
2: in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick" [syn:
{thickly}]