Definizione di thick

Frequenza

thick

(θɪk )

parola: comparative thicker , superlative thickest

1. aggettivo

Something that is thick has a large distance between its two opposite sides.

For breakfast I had a thick slice of bread and syrup.

He wore glasses with thick rims.

This material is very thick and this needle is not strong enough to go through it.

thickly avverbio [ADVERB with verb]

An old man sat in a great carved armchair of black wood, thickly padded with soft cushions.

Slice the meat thickly.

2. aggettivo [noun ADJECTIVE, as ADJ as]

You can use thick to talk or ask about how wide or deep something is.

The folder was two inches thick.

How thick are these walls?

...a finger as thick as a sausage.

Sinonimi: wide, across, deep, broad Ulteriori sinonimi di thick

Thick is also a combining form.

His life was saved by a quarter-inch-thick bullet-proof steel screen.

thickness parola: plural thicknesses sostantivo variabile

The size of the fish will determine the thickness of the steaks. [+ of]

The egg had a shell thickness of 0.14mm and the newly-hatched chick weighed nine grams.

...a layer of gases about 200 miles in thickness.

Sinonimi: width, depth, breadth, broadness Ulteriori sinonimi di thick

Sinonimi: density, heaviness, denseness Ulteriori sinonimi di thick

3. aggettivo

If something that consists of several things is thick, it has a large number of them very close together.

She inherited our father's thick, wavy hair.

They walked through thick forest.

Sinonimi: luxuriant, heavy, dense, abundant Ulteriori sinonimi di thick

thickly avverbio [ADVERB after verb, oft ADV -ed]

I rounded a bend where the trees and brush grew thickly.

The interior flatlands and valleys are thickly planted with coconuts.

4. aggettivo [verb-link ADJECTIVE with noun]

If something is thick with another thing, the first thing is full of or covered with the second.

The air is thick with acrid smoke from the fires. [+ with]

She ate scones thick with butter.

Sinonimi: crowded, full, packed, covered Ulteriori sinonimi di thick

5. aggettivo

Thick clothes are made from heavy cloth, so that they will keep you warm in cold weather.

In the winter she wears thick socks, Wellington boots and gloves.

She wore a thick tartan skirt and a red cashmere sweater.

Sinonimi: heavy, heavyweight, dense, chunky Ulteriori sinonimi di thick

6. aggettivo

Thick smoke, fog, or cloud is difficult to see through.

The smoke was bluish-black and thick.

It wasn't very thick fog.

Sinonimi: opaque, heavy, dense, impenetrable Ulteriori sinonimi di thick

7. aggettivo

Thick liquids are fairly stiff and solid and do not flow easily.

They had to battle through thick mud to reach construction workers.

The sauce is thick and rich so don't bother trying to diet.

Sinonimi: viscous, concentrated, stiff, condensed Ulteriori sinonimi di thick

8. aggettivo [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]

If someone's voice is thick, they are not speaking clearly, for example because they are ill, upset, or drunk.

When he spoke his voice was thick with bitterness. [+ with]

Sinonimi: husky, rough, hoarse, distorted Ulteriori sinonimi di thick

thickly avverbio [ADVERB after verb]

'It's all my fault,' he mumbled thickly.

9. aggettivo [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

A thick accent is very obvious and easy to identify.

He answered our questions in English but with a thick accent.

'What do you want?' a teenage girl demanded in a thick German accent.

Sinonimi: strong, marked, broad, decided Ulteriori sinonimi di thick

10. aggettivo [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]

If you describe someone as thick, you think they are stupid.

[British, informal, disapproval]

How could she have been so thick?

Sinonimi: stupid, slow, dull, dense Ulteriori sinonimi di thick

11.

thick and fast

12.

in the thick of

13.

through thick and thin

14. to lay it on thick

15. a thick skin

Ulteriori sinonimi di thick

Video: pronunciation of 'thick'

Frequenza

thick in American

(θɪk ; t hik)

aggettivo

having relatively great depth; of considerable extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin

a thick board

having relatively large diameter in relation to length

a thick pipe

as measured in the third dimension or between opposite surfaces

a wall six inches thick

having the constituent elements abundant and close together

; specif.,

marked by profuse, close growth; luxuriant

thick hair, thick woods

great in number and packed closely together

a thick crowd

having much body; not thin in consistency; viscous

thick soup

dense and heavy

thick smoke, a thick snowfall

filled with smoke, fog, or other vapors

covered to a considerable depth

roads thick with mud

sprinkled or studded profusely

a sky thick with stars

impenetrably dark, dismal, or obscure

the thick shadows of night

sounding blurred, slurred, muffled, fuzzy, etc., or husky, hoarse, etc.

a thick voice, thick speech

strongly marked; pronounced

speaking with a thick brogue

7. Informal

slow to understand; stupid

8. Informal

close in friendly association; intimate

9. Chiefly British, Informal

too much to be tolerated; excessive

avverbio

10.

in a thick way

sostantivo

11.

the thickest part or the period of greatest activity

in the thick of the fight

SIMILAR WORDS: close

Modi di dire:

through thick and thin

forme derivate

thickish (ˈthickish)

aggettivo

thickly (ˈthickly)

avverbio

Parola origine thick

ME thikke < OE thicce, thick, dense, akin to Ger dick < IE base *tegu-, thick, fat > OIr tiug

Frequenza

thick in British

(θɪk )

aggettivo

of relatively great extent from one surface to the other; fat, broad, or deep

a thick slice of bread

a. (postpositive)

of specific fatness

ten centimetres thick

(in combination)

a six-inch-thick wall

having a relatively dense consistency; not transparent

thick soup

abundantly covered or filled

a piano thick with dust

impenetrable; dense

a thick fog

6. informal, derogatory

lacking in intelligence

throaty or badly articulated

a voice thick with emotion

(of accents, etc) pronounced

9. informal

very friendly (esp in the phrase thick as thieves)

10. a bit thick

11. a thick ear

avverbio

12.

in order to produce something thick

to slice bread thick

13.

profusely; in quick succession (esp in the phrase thick and fast)

14. lay it on thick

sostantivo

15.

a thick piece or part

16. the thick

17. through thick and thin

forme derivate

thickish (ˈthickish)

aggettivo

thickly (ˈthickly)

avverbio

Parola origine thick

Old English thicce; related to Old Saxon, Old High German thikki, Old Norse thykkr

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