Results for thick
Definitions of thick:
part of speech: adverb
Closely; as, thick and fast they came.
part of speech: adverb
Thickly.
part of speech: adjective
Dense: imperfectly mobile: compact: not transparent or clear: misty: dull: crowded: closely set: abundant: frequent, in quick succession: having great depth or circumference.
part of speech: noun
The densest part: as, the thick of the fight.
part of speech: adjective
Not thin; dense; close; compact, muddy; not clear; having more depth from side to side, or from sufrace to surfacem than in common use; deep, as five inches thick; crowded; followin each other in quick succession; dark; obscure; dull; stupid; intimate or familiar, as he is very thick with him.
part of speech: adjective
Not thin; having considerable distance between two opposite surfaces; as, a thick book; not slender; as, a thick staff; closely set, as trees; dense; as, a thick cloud; crowded; not clear; as, the air was thick; misty; muddy; dull or stupid; colloquially, very intimate; indistinct, as speech.
part of speech: noun
The thickest or most crowded part.
part of speech: adverb
Closely: frequently: fast: to a great depth.
part of speech: adverb
Fast; frequently; to a greater depth than usual.
part of speech: noun
Usage examples for thick:
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It's not a very thick one, and I shall hear at once.
"The Heath Hover Mystery", Bertram Mitford -
And I often come here for the very purpose of trying it; when my head gets thick over law- papers.
"Hills of the Shatemuc", Susan Warner -
Some of the fellows in the set I used to be thick with up there have learned that I'm broke, and they- they aren't as friendly as they were.
"Cap'n Warren's Wards", Joseph C. Lincoln -
It is, however, very thick and tough, and can resist the force of a rifle- ball unless it is fired from a very short distance.
"New National Fourth Reader", Charles J. Barnes and J. Marshall Hawkes