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[ adjective ] not thin; of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
Examples "a thick board" "a thick sandwich" "thick coating of dust" "thick warm blankets" or of a specific thickness "an inch thick" Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)It is thick , much like an egg_plant 's skin , so that poison sprays , if they are used , present no hazard to the consumer . (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)It is characterized by the presence of incompletely developed secondary lobules ; well defined , but haphazardly arranged , interlobular septa and a thick , remarkably vascular pleura ( fig. 9 ) . The pleura and interlobular septa are thick in types 1 , and 3 , . (A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)Frequently a_few isolated thick walled cells or , rarely , groups of such cells in the xylem region , were also specifically stained , but there was no such staining in epidermis , cortex , most xylem cells , ray cells , or pith . The specific staining by both direct and indirect methods showed that WTV antigen was concentrated in the pseudophloem tissue and in a_few thick walled cells in the xylem region , but was not detectable in any other tissues of the root and stem tumors . |
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[ adjective ] closely crowded together
Examples "a compact shopping center" "a dense population" "thick crowds" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Bullets were so thick , throwing sand in his face , that he found it difficult to return the fire . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)We are here because all our paths travel a blind course through a thick forest , seeking human dignity . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] relatively dense in consistency
Examples "thick cream" "thick soup" "thick smoke" "thick fog" Used in print (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)He improvised as he went_along , completing a life-size clay figure , then bought yards of an inexpensive material from a draper , wet the lightweight cloth in a basin and covered it over with clay that Argiento brought from the bank of the Tiber , to the consistency of thick mud . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)Yet if he were not there , they would have missed him , as they would have missed the sounds of bees buzzing against the screen_door in early June ; or the smell of thick tomato_paste - the ripe smell that was both sweet and sour - rising_up from aluminum trays wrapped in fly dotted cheesecloth . Related terms thin heavy dense clogged ropy creamy coagulable syrupy gelatinous thickened coagulate consistency thickness |
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[ adjective ] spoken as if with a thick tongue
Synonyms Examples "the thick speech of a drunkard" "his words were slurred" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)His counterpoint is pertinent , skillful , and rarely thick . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (used informally) associated on close terms
Synonyms Examples "a close friend" "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers" "the two were thick as thieves for months" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] hard to pass through because of dense growth
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[ adjective ] used informally
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[ adjective ] used informally
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[ adjective ] abundantly covered of filled
Examples "the top was thick with dust" Related terms |
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