What is thick?

  • (adj): Abundant.
    Example: "A thick head of hair"
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on thick:

Thick-skinned Deformation
... Thick-skinned deformation is a geological term which refers to crustal shortening that involves basement rocks and deep-seated faults as opposed to only the upper units of cover rocks above the ... While thin-skinned deformation is common in many different localities, thick-skinned deformation requires much more strain to occur and is a rarer type of deformation ...
Thick - See Also
... All pages beginning with "Thick" All pages with titles containing "Thick" Thickened fluids Thickening, in cooking Thickening agent Thicke, surname Thicket, very dense stand of trees or tall shrubs Thicketty ...
List Of Birds Of Egypt - Thick-knees
... The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae ... Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis ...
Pachycheilosuchus
... Pachycheilosuchus (meaning "thick lipped crocodile") is an extinct genus of mesoeucrocodylian from the Early Cretaceous of Texas, United States ... anterior surface and a rounded posterior surface), a thick margin on the maxillae (the main tooth-bearing bones of the upper jaw thus "thick lipped crocodile"), and a ...
SMS Fürst Bismarck (1897) - Design - Armor
... The armor belt was 20 cm (7.9 in) thick in the central portion of the ship, and tapered down to 10 cm (3.9 in) towards either end of the ship ... Set behind the armored belt were 10 cm (3.9 in) thick shields for critical areas of the ship ... The main armored deck was 3 cm (1.2 in) thick, with 5 cm (2.0 in) thick slopes ...

More definitions of "thick":

  • (adj): 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.
    Example: "An inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
  • (adj): (used informally) associated on close terms.
    Example: "The two were thick as thieves for months"
    Synonyms: chummy, buddy-buddy
  • (adj): (of darkness) very intense.
    Example: "Thick night"; "thick darkness"
    Synonyms: deep
  • (adj): Spoken as if with a thick tongue.
    Example: "The thick speech of a drunkard"
    Synonyms: slurred
  • (adv): With a thick consistency.
    Example: "The blood was flowing thick"
    Synonyms: thickly
  • (adj): Abundantly covered or filled.
    Example: "The top was thick with dust"
  • (adj): Hard to pass through because of dense growth.
    Example: "Thick woods"
    Synonyms: dense
  • (adj): Wide from side to side.
    Synonyms: heavy
  • (noun): The location of something surrounded by other things.
    Synonyms: midst
  • (adj): Closely crowded together.
    Example: "Thick crowds"
    Synonyms: compact, dense
  • (adj): Relatively dense in consistency.
    Example: "Thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
  • (adv): In quick succession.
    Example: "Misfortunes come fast and thick"
    Synonyms: thickly

Famous quotes containing the word thick:

    “Fruit cannot drop
    through this thick air
    fruit cannot fall into heat
    that presses up and blunts
    the points of pears
    and rounds the grapes.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “While yet it is cold January, and snow and ice are thick and solid, the prudent landlord comes from the village to get ice to cool his summer drink; impressively, even pathetically, wise, to foresee the heat and thirst of July now in January,—wearing a thick coat and mittens! when so many things are not provided for. It may be that he lays up no treasures in this world which will cool his summer drink in the next.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The trees persist, yeasty and sensuous,
    as thick as saints.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)