The meaning of THICK is having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its opposite. How to use thick in a sentence.

thick adjective [-er/-est only] (CLOSE TOGETHER) (of particular things) close together with little space between them: a thick fog

(of a solid having three general dimensions) measured across its smallest dimension: a board one inch thick. composed of or containing objects, particles, etc., close together;

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.

1. The thickest part. 2. The most active or intense part: in the thick of the fighting.

In a close, compact state or arrangement; densely. Dozens of braids hung thick from the back of her head.

Thick generally refers to the relatively large distance between opposing sides of an object, area, or material. It is the dimension of solid objects that is perceived as the longest, opposite of thin.

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THICK definition: having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin. See examples of thick used in a sentence.

Definition of thick adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.