ENGLISH: thick - CREOLE: epè



Overview of noun thick



The noun thick has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) midst, thick -- (the location of something surrounded by other things; "in the midst of the crowd")



Overview of adj thick



The adj thick has 10 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (25) thick -- (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")

2. (7) compact, dense, thick -- (having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair")

3. (6) thick -- (relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog")

4. (2) slurred, thick -- (spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred")

5. dense, thick -- (hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods")

6. thick, deep -- ((of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night")

7. compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset -- (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")

8. chummy, buddy-buddy, thick -- ((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")

9. blockheaded, boneheaded, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed -- (used informally)

10. thick -- (abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust")



Overview of adv thick



The adv thick has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. thickly, thick -- (with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick")

2. thick, thickly -- (in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick")

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