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Words with a similar base: thick, thick-skulled, thickheaded, thickly, thickset

'thick'

[midst.n.01] as in: the location of something surrounded by other things

'thick'

[thick.a.01] as in: 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

Examples:
an inch thick
a thick board
a thick sandwich
spread a thick layer of butter
thick coating of dust
thick warm blankets

'thick'

[thick.s.01] as in: having component parts closely crowded together

Examples:
a compact shopping center
a dense population
thick crowds
a thick forest
thick hair

'thick'

[thick.a.03] as in: relatively dense in consistency

Examples:
thick cream
thick soup
thick smoke
thick fog

'thick'

[slurred.s.01] as in: spoken as if with a thick tongue

Examples:
the thick speech of a drunkard
his words were slurred

'thick'

[compact.s.01] as in: having a short and solid form or stature

Examples:
a wrestler of compact build
he was tall and heavyset
stocky legs
a thickset young man

'thick'

[dense.s.02] as in: hard to pass through because of dense growth

Examples:
dense vegetation
thick woods

'thick'

[thick.s.05] as in: (of darkness) very intense

Examples:
thick night
thick darkness
a face in deep shadow
deep night

'thick'

[chummy.s.02] as in: (used informally) associated on close terms

Examples:
a close friend
the bartender was chummy with the regular customers
the two were thick as thieves for months

'thick'

[blockheaded.s.01] as in: (used informally) stupid

'thick'

[thick.s.08] as in: abounding; having a lot of

Examples:
the top was thick with dust

'thick'

[thickly.r.03] as in: with a thick consistency

Examples:
the blood was flowing thick

'thick'

[thick.r.02] as in: in quick succession

Examples:
misfortunes come fast and thick

Origins

					thick (English)
└── thicke (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── þicce (Old English (ca. 450-1100))