Dictionary Entry
thick
thick is a 5-letter English word with 28 senses as noun, adverb, transitive/intransitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 28 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
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.
- 2superlative
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.
- 3superlative
Dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. Also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.
- 4superlative
Not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.
- 5superlative
Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.
- 6superlative
Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.
- 7superlative
Deep; profound; as, thick sleep.
- 8superlative
Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.
- 9superlative
Intimate; very friendly; familiar.
- 10noun
The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.
- 11noun
A thicket; as, gloomy thicks.
- 12adverb
Frequently; fast; quick.
- 13adverb
Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.
- 14adverb
To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.
- 15transitive/intransitive verb
To thicken.
- 16noun
the location of something surrounded by other things
"in the midst of the crowd"
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- 17adjective
abounding; having a lot of
"the top was thick with dust"
- 18adjective
(used informally) stupid
- 19adjective
(used informally) associated on close terms
"a close friend"
"the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"
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- 20adjective
having component parts closely crowded together
"a compact shopping center"
"a dense population"
- 21adjective
spoken as if with a thick tongue
"the thick speech of a drunkard"
"his words were slurred"
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- 22adjective
(of darkness) very intense
"thick night"
"thick darkness"
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- 23adjective
hard to pass through because of dense growth
"dense vegetation"
"thick woods"
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- 24adjective
having a short and solid form or stature
"a wrestler of compact build"
"he was tall and heavyset"
- 25adjective
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"
- 26adjective
relatively dense in consistency
"thick cream"
"thick soup"
- 27adverb
in quick succession
"misfortunes come fast and thick"
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- 28adverb
with a thick consistency
"the blood was flowing thick"
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