- thick
- thick [thik]adj.[ME thikke < OE thicce, thick, dense, akin to Ger dick < IE base * tegu-, thick, fat > OIr tiug]1. having relatively great depth; of considerable extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin [a thick board]2. having relatively large diameter in relation to length [a thick pipe]3. as measured in the third dimension or between opposite surfaces [a wall six inches thick]4. having the constituent elements abundant and close together; specif.,a) marked by profuse, close growth; luxuriant [thick hair, thick woods]b) great in number and packed closely together [a thick crowd]c) having much body; not thin in consistency; viscous [thick soup]d) dense and heavy [thick smoke, a thick snowfall]e) filled with smoke, fog, or other vaporsf) covered to a considerable depth [roads thick with mud]g) sprinkled or studded profusely [a sky thick with stars]5. impenetrably dark, dismal, or obscure [the thick shadows of night]6.a) sounding blurred, slurred, muffled, fuzzy, etc., or husky, hoarse, etc. [a thick voice, thick speech]b) strongly marked; pronounced [speaking with a thick brogue]7. Informal slow to understand; stupid8. Informal close in friendly association; intimate9. [Informal, Chiefly Brit.] too much to be tolerated; excessiveadv.in a thick wayn.the thickest part or the period of greatest activity [in the thick of the fight]SYN.- CLOSE1——————through thick and thinin good times and bad times; in every eventualitythickishadj.thicklyadv.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.