Definition of: thick

(thik) adjective
1. Having relatively large depth or extent from one surface to its opposite; having the dimension that is commonly least, comparatively great; not thin: distinguished from long and broad.
2. Having a specified dimension of this kind, whether great or small: an inch thick.
3. Arranged compactly; close: a thick forest; also, following at brief intervals; frequent, as blows, raindrops, etc.
4. Set or furnished closely or abundantly with objects; abounding.
5. Having considerable density or consistency; dense; hence, turbid; impure; heavy.
6. Overcharged with vapor; foggy; misty.
7. Lacking quickness of apprehension; dull; stupid.
8. Indistinct; muffled: a thick sound; also, guttural; husky; throaty.
9. Colloq. Very friendly; intimate.
10. Colloq. Excessive; going too far; being beyond the bounds of what is tolerable.
—adverb In a thick manner; placed or following closely.
—to lay it on thick Colloq.
1. To overstate; exaggerate.
2. To praise fulsomely.
—noun
1. The dimension of thickness; the thickest part.
2. The thickest or most intense time or place of anything: the thick of the fight.
—through thick and thin Through good times and bad; loyally; through good fortune and adversity. [OE thicce]
—thick′ly adverb Synonyms (adj.): close, cloudy, compact, condensed, dense, dull, foggy, gross, hazy, inspissate, misty, muddy, turbid. See BLUNT.