- thick
- [[t]θɪ̱k[/t]]
♦♦♦thicker, thickest1) ADJ-GRADED Something that is thick has a large distance between its two opposite sides.
For breakfast I had a thick slice of bread and syrup...
He wore glasses with thick rims...
This material is very thick and this needle is not strong enough to go through it.
Ant:Derived words:thickly ADV-GRADED ADV with vAn old man sat in a great carved armchair of black wood, thickly padded with soft cushions...
Slice the meat thickly.
2) ADJ: n ADJ, how ADJ, amount ADJ, as ADJ as You can use thick to talk or ask about how wide or deep something is.The folder was two inches thick...
How thick are these walls?
...a finger as thick as a sausage.
Derived words:thickness plural N-VAR oft N of n, N of amount, amount in NThe size of the fish will determine the thickness of the steaks...
The egg had a shell thickness of 0.14mm and the newly-hatched chick weighed nine grams.
...a relatively dense layer of gases about 200 miles in thickness.
COMB in ADJ: ADJ nThick is also a combining form.His life was saved by a quarter-inch-thick bullet-proof steel screen.
3) ADJ-GRADED If something that consists of several things is thick, it has a large number of them very close together.She inherited our father's thick, wavy hair...
They walked through thick forest.
Syn:Derived words:thickly ADV-GRADED ADV after v, ADV -edI rounded a bend where the trees and brush grew thickly...
The interior flatlands and valleys are thickly planted with coconuts.
4) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ with n If something is thick with another thing, the first thing is full of or covered with the second.The air is thick with acrid smoke from the fires...
She ate scones thick with butter.
5) ADJ-GRADED Thick clothes are made from heavy cloth, so that they will keep you warm in cold weather.In the winter she wears thick socks, Wellington boots and gloves...
She wore a thick tartan skirt and a red cashmere sweater.
Ant:6) ADJ-GRADED Thick smoke, fog, or cloud is difficult to see through.The smoke was bluish-black and thick...
It wasn't very thick fog.
7) ADJ-GRADED Thick liquids are fairly stiff and solid and do not flow easily.They had to battle through thick mud to reach construction workers...
The sauce is thick and rich so don't bother trying to diet.
8) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ If someone's voice is thick, they are not speaking clearly, for example because they are ill, upset, or drunk.When he spoke his voice was thick with bitterness.
Derived words:9) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n A thick accent is very obvious and easy to identify.He answered our questions in English but with a thick accent...
`What do you want?' a teenage girl demanded in a thick German accent.
Syn:strong, pronounced10) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ (disapproval) If you describe someone as thick, you think they are stupid. [BRIT, INFORMAL]How could she have been so thick?
Syn:11) PHRASE: PHR after v If things happen thick and fast, they happen very quickly and in large numbers.The rumours have been coming thick and fast...
Distress calls were pouring in thick and fast from all over the area.
12) PHRASE: PHR n, usu v-link PHR, PHR after v If you are in the thick of an activity or situation, you are very involved in it.I enjoy being in the thick of things...
Peterson suddenly found himself in the thick of desperate fighting.
Syn:in the middle of13) PHRASE: PHR after v If you do something through thick and thin, you do it although the conditions or circumstances are very bad.She'd stuck by Bob through thick and thin...
I will go on loving James through thick and thin no matter what happens.
English dictionary. 2008.
