<B>thick, </B>adjective, adverb, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>with much space from one side to the opposite side; not thin. <BR> <I>Ex. a thick plank, a thick layer of paint. The castle has thick stone walls.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>measuring (so much) between two opposite sides. <BR> <I>Ex. This brick is 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 2 1/2 inches thick.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>set close together; dense. <BR> <I>Ex. She has thick hair. It is a thick forest.</I> (SYN) close, compact, crowded. <DD><B> 4. </B>many and close together; abundant. <BR> <I>Ex. During its sale, the store was swarming with people thick as fleas.</I> (SYN) plentiful, numerous. <DD><B> 5. </B>filled; covered. <BR> <I>Ex. a room thick with flies.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>like glue or syrup, not like water; rather dense of its kind. <BR> <I>Ex. Thick liquids pour much more slowly than thin liquids.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>not clear; foggy. <BR> <I>Ex. The weather was thick and the airports were shut down.</I> (SYN) misty, hazy. <DD><B> 8. </B>difficult or impossible to see through. <BR> <I>Ex. the thick blackness of a moonless night.</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>not clear in sound; hoarse. <BR> <I>Ex. She has a thick voice because of a cold.</I> (SYN) indistinct, inarticulate, muffled. <DD><B> 10. </B>(Figurative.) stupid; dull. <BR> <I>Ex. He has a thick head.</I> (SYN) slow, obtuse. <DD><B> 11. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) very friendly; intimate. <BR> <I>Ex. Those two boys are as thick as thieves.</I> <DD><B> 12. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) too much to be endured. <BR> <I>Ex. That remark is a bit thick.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> in a thick manner; thickly. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the thickest part. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) the hardest part; place where there is the most danger or activity. <BR> <I>Ex. King Arthur was in the thick of the fight.</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> (Archaic.) to thicken. <BR> <I>Ex. The nightmare Life-in-Death was she, Who thicks men's blood with cold (Samuel Taylor Coleridge).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>lay it on thick,</B> </I>(Slang.) to praise or blame too much. <BR> <I>Ex. Isn't the bloke laying it on a bit thick, even for the American tourists? (Maclean's).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>thick and fast,</B> </I>in close or rapid succession; quickly. <BR> <I>Ex. The cars came thick and fast during the rush hour. Now things started to happen thick and fast (Jonathan Eberhart).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>through thick and thin,</B> </I>in good times and bad. <BR> <I>Ex. A true friend sticks through thick and thin. There's five hundred men here to back you up through thick and thin (Hall Caine).</I> </DL>
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<B>thick-and-thin, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that is ready to follow in good times and bad; loyal; steadfast; unwavering. <BR> <I>Ex. a thick-and-thin supporter.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(of a tackle-block) having one sheave larger than the other. </DL>
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<B>thicken, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make thick or thicker. <BR> <I>Ex. to thicken a wall. Mother thickens the gravy with flour.</I> (SYN) coagulate, congeal, condense. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to become thick or thicker. <BR> <I>Ex. The pudding will thicken as it cools. The weather has thickened over the Atlantic.</I> (SYN) coagulate, congeal, condense. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to become more involved or complicated. <BR> <I>Ex. In the second act of the play the plot thickens.</I> noun <B>thickener.</B> </DL>
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<B>thickening, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a material or ingredient used to thicken something. <BR> <I>Ex. to use cornstarch as thickening for a sauce.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a thickened part or substance. <DD><B> 3. </B>the act or process of making or becoming thick or thicker. </DL>
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<B>thicket, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a number of shrubs, bushes, or small trees growing close together. <BR> <I>Ex. We crawled into the thicket and hid.</I> (SYN) shrubbery, copse, brake. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a thick, dense mass; jumble. <BR> <I>Ex. a thicket of cables.</I> </DL>
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<B>thicketed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> covered with thick shrubs, bushes, or small trees. </DL>
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<B>thickety, </B>adjective. =thicketed.</DL>
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<B>thick film,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a thick layer of conductive material forming part of the electronic circuitry of an integrated circuit. adj. <B>thick-film.</B> </DL>
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<B>thickhead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who is dull of intellect; stupid fellow; blockhead. </DL>
<B>thickish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> somewhat thick. <BR> <I>Ex. a faded woman and thickish (Sinclair Lewis).</I> </DL>
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<B>thick-knee, </B>noun. =stone curlew.</DL>
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<B>thickleaf, </B>noun, pl. <B>-leaves.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any plant of a group of mostly South African herbs or shrubs of the orpine family, with thick, succulent leaves. </DL>
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<B>thickly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in a thick manner; closely; densely. <BR> <I>Ex. Most of New York City is thickly settled.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>in great numbers; in abundance. <BR> <I>Ex. Weeds grow thickly in rich soil.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>frequently. <BR> <I>Ex. The houses came more thickly as we got closer to the city.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>with thick consistency. <DD><B> 5. </B>in tones that are hoarse or hard to understand; hoarsely. </DL>
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<B>thickness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality or condition of being thick. <BR> <I>Ex. The thickness of the walls shuts out all sound.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the distance between two opposite sides; the third measurement of a solid, not length or breadth. <BR> <I>Ex. The length of the board is 10 feet, the width 6 inches, the thickness 2 inches.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the thick part. <BR> <I>Ex. Turn the board so you can walk across on its thickness.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a layer or fold. <BR> <I>Ex. The bandage was made up of three thicknesses of gauze.</I> </DL>
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<B>thickness gauge,</B> =feeler gauge.</DL>
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<B>thick-set</B> or <B>thickset, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>growing or occurring closely together; thickly set. <BR> <I>Ex. a thick-set hedge.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>thick in form or build. <BR> <I>Ex. a short, thick-set man.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B><B>=thicket.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a thick hedge. </DL>
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<B>thickskin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person with a thick skin. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a person who is not sensitive in feeling, as to criticism, rebuff, or the like. </DL>
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<B>thick-skinned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having a thick skin or rind. <BR> <I>Ex. a thick-skinned orange.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) not sensitive to criticism, reproach, rebuff, or the like. </DL>
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<B>thick-skulled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having a thick skull. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) slow or dull; stupid. </DL>
<B>thick-witted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> dull of wit; stupid; thick-headed. </DL>
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<B>thief, </B>noun, pl. <B>thieves.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who steals, especially one who steals secretly and without using force; one who commits theft or larceny. <BR> <I>Ex. the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.</I> </DL>
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<B>thieve, </B>intransitive verb, transitive verb, <B>thieved,</B> <B>thieving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to steal. <BR> <I>Ex. He saw a boy thieving at school today.</I> </DL>
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<B>thievery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-eries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of stealing; theft. <DD><B> 2. </B>something stolen. </DL>
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<B>thieves, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>thief.</B> </DL>
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<B>thieves' kitchen,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) an area where thieves congregate. </DL>
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<B>thievish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having the habit of stealing; likely to steal. (SYN) predatory. <DD><B> 2. </B>like a thief; stealthy; sly. <BR> <I>Ex. That cat has a thievish look.</I> (SYN) furtive. adv. <B>thievishly.</B> noun <B>thievishness.</B> </DL>
<B>thigh, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the part of the leg between the hip and the knee. <DD><B> 2. </B>the similar but not corresponding part of a four-legged vertebrate animal, such as the horse; upper part of the hind leg. <DD><B> 3. </B>the second segment of the leg of a bird, containing the tibia and the fibula. <DD><B> 4. </B>the third segment of the leg of an insect. </DL>
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<B>thighbone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the bone of the thigh between the hip and the knee; femur. </DL>
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<B>thighboot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a boot with uppers reaching to the thigh. <BR> <I>Ex. The adjutant was pacing up and down in his dark thighboots (Punch).</I> </DL>
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<B>thighed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having thighs. </DL>
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<B>thigmotactic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or exhibiting thigmotaxis. </DL>
