THICK


Meaning of THICK in English

adj.

1 of solid things/growing things

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , seem

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

Use fairly ~ wads of newspaper.

2 of liquid

VERBS

▪ be , look , seem

▪ become , get

The paint is getting too ~. I'll have to thin it down.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

3 of fog/smoke/air

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , seem

▪ become , grow

The air had grown ~ and smoky.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

The air was ~ with dust.

The atmosphere was ~ with tension. ( figurative )

Thick is used with these nouns: ↑ accent , ↑ air , ↑ armour , ↑ atmosphere , ↑ batter , ↑ belt , ↑ blanket , ↑ bundle , ↑ bush , ↑ canopy , ↑ cardboard , ↑ carpet , ↑ cloak , ↑ cloud , ↑ clump , ↑ coat , ↑ coating , ↑ coil , ↑ consistency , ↑ cord , ↑ cover , ↑ cream , ↑ crust , ↑ curl , ↑ curtain , ↑ custard , ↑ deposit , ↑ discharge , ↑ door , ↑ drape , ↑ duvet , ↑ envelope , ↑ eyebrow , ↑ eyelash , ↑ fabric , ↑ file , ↑ fog , ↑ foliage , ↑ forest , ↑ fringe , ↑ fur , ↑ glasses , ↑ grass , ↑ hair , ↑ haze , ↑ hedge , ↑ hide , ↑ ice , ↑ ivy , ↑ jacket , ↑ jumper , ↑ jungle , ↑ layer , ↑ leather , ↑ lens , ↑ line , ↑ lip , ↑ liquid , ↑ make-up , ↑ mane , ↑ mascara , ↑ mat , ↑ material , ↑ mist , ↑ moustache , ↑ mucus , ↑ mud , ↑ neck , ↑ overcoat , ↑ pad , ↑ paint , ↑ paper , ↑ paste , ↑ quilt , ↑ sauce , ↑ scarf , ↑ scrub , ↑ sheet , ↑ shell , ↑ shrub , ↑ skin , ↑ skull , ↑ slab , ↑ slice , ↑ slime , ↑ smoke , ↑ snow , ↑ sock , ↑ sole , ↑ soup , ↑ spectacles , ↑ stem , ↑ stick , ↑ strand , ↑ strap , ↑ strip , ↑ stroke , ↑ sweater , ↑ tangle , ↑ texture , ↑ thigh , ↑ tights , ↑ towel , ↑ trunk , ↑ underbrush , ↑ undergrowth , ↑ vegetation , ↑ velvet , ↑ volume , ↑ wall , ↑ wire , ↑ wood , ↑ wool , ↑ yarn , ↑ yogurt

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