What is thick?

  • (adj): Heavy and compact in form or stature.
    Example: "A thick middle-aged man"
    Synonyms: compact, heavyset, stocky, thickset
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on thick:

Pachycheilosuchus
... Pachycheilosuchus (meaning "thick lipped crocodile") is an extinct genus of mesoeucrocodylian from the Early Cretaceous of Texas, United States ... vertebrae articulate with a cup on the 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 shield ...
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 ... is common in many different localities, thick-skinned deformation requires much more strain to occur and is a rarer type of deformation ...
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 ...
Thick - See Also
... All pages beginning with "Thick" All pages with titles containing "Thick" Thickened fluids Thickening, in cooking Thickening agent Thicke, surname ...
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":

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

Famous quotes containing the word thick:

    “I know a little garden-close
    Set thick with lily and red rose,
    Where I would wander if I might
    From dewy dawn to dewy night,”
    —William Morris (1834–1896)

    “Suddenly clouds of snow
    Begin assaulting the air,
    As falling, as tangled
    As a girl’s thick hair.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Come, thick night,
    And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
    That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
    Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
    To cry, “Hold, hold!””
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)