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Meaning of thick in English

thick
adjective
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/θɪk/ us
/θɪk/

thick adjective (NOT THIN)

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B1
having a large distance between two sides:
a thick rope
a thick layer of dust
She picked up a thick volume and began to read out loud.
The walls are two metres thick.
a thick (= made of thick material) sweater/coat
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having a large distance from one side to another
  • wideThe river was deep and wide.
  • thickGet the thickest rope you can find.
  • broadHe has broad shoulders.
  • squatWe passed a squat block of flats.
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Measurements of length & distance
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thick adjective (CLOSE TOGETHER)

B1
growing close together and in large amounts:
thick forest
thick, dark hair
B2
difficult to see through:
Thick, black smoke was pouring out of the chimney.
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Thick, dense and heavy
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thick adjective (NOT FLOWING)

(of a liquid) not flowing easily:
thick soup
a thick sauce
thick paint
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runny
thin (FLOWING EASILY)
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Thick, dense and heavy
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thick adjective (STUPID)

UK informal
stupid:
I told you not to touch that - are you deaf or just thick?
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Stupid and silly
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thickly

Idioms

be (as) thick as thieves
(as) thick as two short planks
thick and fast
thick on the ground
(Definition of thick from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

thick | American Dictionary

thick
adjective [ -er/-est only ]
us
/θɪk/

thick adjective [-er/-est only] (DEEP)

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having a large distance from one side of something to the opposite side:
a thick book/steak
The walls are a foot thick.

thick adjective [-er/-est only] (CLOSE TOGETHER)

(of particular things) close together with little space between them:
a thick fog
She had wonderful, thick, brown hair.

thick adjective [-er/-est only] (NOT FLOWING)

(of a liquid) not flowing easily:
thick gravy/soup
fig. If your voice is thick, it is lower than usual and not as even, usually because you are feeling a strong emotion:
Tony could hardly speak, and when he did his voice was thick with emotion.
(Definition of thick from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of thick

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Concentrations of accretionary lapilli and diffuse trains of small pumices define bedding in this thick ash bed.
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If a thick sense of welfare is used, then it is unlikely that competition will maximize it.
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The particles used in each experiment were placed on the wind tunnel surface, forming a layer roughly 2 cm thick.
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The endosperm has a very thick peripheral cell wall (cw).
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Numerous thin sandstone beds (in general about 10 cm thick) are separated by thicker units of flaser-bedded siltstones and mudstones.
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The individual ignimbrite sequences are up to 200 m thick.
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This book is smaller, but still relatively thick (five by seven by one inch), with over 350 pages.
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During winter, this layer is relatively thick, due to strong mixing caused by storms and by convective overturning.
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Thirdly, the 3.8 m thick unit has an overall sheet-like geometry, with no evidence of channelization or scour at the base.
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The magmatic activity built up one, or several, submarine edifices, > 200 m thick.
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The internal and external elastic laminae are thick concentric elastic-fibre layers that separate the intima and media, and the media and adventitia, respectively.
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The target was a flat thick foil placed perpendicularly to the beam, which could be moved along the x and y direction by external motions.
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This involves rearrangement of the proteins that constitute the thin and thick filaments as well as those that make up the intermediate filaments.
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After opening the pleura, large tortuous venous vessels as thick as a finger were seen.
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The thick diagonal line separates the traditional orientations ofprocessual archaeology (left) from those of post-processual archaeology (right).
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Translations of thick

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不薄的, 厚的, 粗的…
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不薄的, 厚的, 粗的…
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grueso, espeso, denso…
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espesso, grosso, de espessura…
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जाडी, जाड, दाट…
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（物が）厚い, 厚みのある, （雪が）深い…
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kalın, sık, gür…
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épais/épaisse, dense, consistant/-ante…
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இரண்டு பக்கங்களுக்கு இடையில் ஒரு பெரிய தூரம் உள்ளது, ஒன்றாக நெருக்கமாக மற்றும் பெரிய அளவில் வளர்ந்து, பார்ப்பது கடினம்…
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मोटा, घना, गाढ़ा…
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જાડું, ઘાટું, ગાઢ…
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tyk, tæt, fuld af…
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tjock, tjock[flytande], tät…
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tebal, ketebalan, pekat…
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dick, dickflüssig, dicht…
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tykk, tyktflytende, kraftig…
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موٹا, چوڑا, گھنا…
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товстий, такий, що має певну товщину…
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మందం, దట్టమైన, చిక్కటి…
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পুরু, ঘন, গাঢ় ঘন…
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silný, tlustý, hustý…
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tebal, setebal, kental…
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หนา, ความหนา, ข้น…
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dày, có bề dày là, đặc…
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gruby, gęsty, tępy…
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두꺼운, 굵은, 머리 숱이 많은…
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spesso, di spessore, fitto…
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