1. (adj) midst, thick
the location of something surrounded by other things
"in the midst of the crowd"
2. (adj) thick
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
"an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
3. (adj) thick
having component parts closely crowded together
"a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"
4. (adj) thick
relatively dense in consistency
"thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
5. (adj) slurred, thick
spoken as if with a thick tongue
"the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred"
6. (adj) compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset
having a short and solid form or stature
"a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man"
7. (adj) dense, thick
hard to pass through because of dense growth
"dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
8. (adj) thick, deep
(of darkness) very intense
"thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"
9. (adj) chummy, buddy-buddy, thick(p)
(used informally) associated on close terms
"a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months"
10. (adj) blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed
(used informally) stupid
11. (adverb) thick
abounding; having a lot of
"the top was thick with dust"
12. (adverb) thickly, thick
with a thick consistency
"the blood was flowing thick"
13. (adverb) thick, thickly
in quick succession
"misfortunes come fast and thick"
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Definition of 'thick' 
