thick¹ /thik/

1. Having a great (or specified) distance in measurement from surface to surface in the lesser dimension
2. Broad
3. Deep
4. Dense
5. Viscous
6. Firm or dense in consistency, close-set or packed
7. Crowded
8. Made of thick or warm material
9. Very friendly, intimate, in close confidence (informal)
10. Abundant
11. Frequent, in quick succession
12. Heavily or completely covered or occupied
13. Foggy
14. Opaque
15. Dull
16. Stupid
17. Gross
18. Husky, muffled
19. Indistinctly articulate
20. (of an accent) strong, marked
21. Excessive, unfair, approaching the intolerable (informal)

1. The thickest part of anything
2. The midst
3. A stupid person (slang)
4. A thicket (Spenser)

1. Thickly
2. Closely
3. Frequently
4. Fast
5. To a great (or specified) depth

To make or become thick

thickˈen transitive verb and intransitive verb

To make or become thick or thicker

To become more complicated

thickˈener noun

thickˈening noun

1. A making or becoming thicker
2. A thickened part or area
3. Material or a substance added to something (esp liquid) to thicken it

thickˈet noun

(OE thiccet) a dense mass of trees or shrubs

thickˈeted adjective

thickˈety adjective

thickˈie or thickˈy noun (slang)

A stupid person

thickˈish adjective

Somewhat thick

thickˈly adverb

thickˈness noun

1. The state or quality of being thick
2. The degree to which something is thick
3. The space between outer surfaces
4. The thick part of something
5. A layer

thickˈo noun (pl thickˈos or thickˈoes) (slang)

A stupid person

thick-and-thinˈ adjective

Unwavering in devotion to party or principle

thickˈ-comˈing adjective (Shakespeare)

Coming close upon one another

thick ear noun (informal)

A swollen ear, usu a result of a blow administered as punishment

thickˈ-eyed adjective

Dim-sighted

thick film noun (electronics)

Film deposited by screen-printing or a similar process

thickˈ-grown adjective (Shakespeare).

thickˈhead noun

1. A stupid person, a blockhead
2. Any bird of an Australian family (Pachycephalidae) related to flycatchers and shrikes

thickheadˈed adjective

1. Having a thick head or skull
2. Stupid
3. Having a feeling of numbness, paralysis and often pain in the head often accompanying eg a cold or a hangover

thickheadˈedness noun

thick knee noun

The stone curlew

thickˈ-lipped adjective (Shakespeare).

thickˈ-lips noun (Shakespeare)

A black person

thickˈ-pleached adjective (Shakespeare)

Closely interwoven

thickˈ-ribbed adjective (Shakespeare).

thickˈset adjective

1. Having a short thick body
2. Closely set or planted

noun

1. A thicket
2. A stout cotton

thickˈ-sightˈed adjective (Shakespeare)

Dim-sighted

thickˈskin noun

A blockhead

thick-skinnedˈ adjective

1. Having a thick skin
2. Insensitive
3. Indifferent to criticism or insult

thickˈ-skull noun

A blockhead

thick-skulledˈ adjective

1. Having a thick skull
2. Stupid
3. Dull, slow to learn, doltish

thickˈ-sown adjective

1. Planted closely
2. Close-set

thickˈ'un noun (historical slang)

1. A sovereign
2. A crown

thick-wittˈed adjective

Dull, slow to learn, doltish

thick-wittˈedly adverb

thick-wittˈedness noun

a bit thick (informal)

More than one can reasonably be expected to put up with

as thick as a plank or as thick as two short planks

Very stupid

as thick as thieves

Very friendly

in the thick of

In the middle of, extremely busy or occupied with

lay it on thick

1. To praise something extravagantly
2. To exaggerate

• directer
• directest
• direct-grant school
• direct-grant schools
• directing
• direct injection
• direction
• directional
• directional aerial
• directional aerials
• directional drilling
• directionality
• directional microphone
• directional microphones
• direction-finder
• direction-finders
• direction-indicator
• de-emphasising
• de-emphasize
• de-emphasized
• de-emphasizes
• de-emphasizing
• deems
• deemster
• deemsters