1With opposite sides or surfaces that are far or relatively far apart.

1. 1.1 (of a garment or other knitted or woven item) made of heavy material.
   a thick sweater

   Example sentencesExamples

   • People started coming to school with thick jackets and other winter clothing.
   • Eventually, he prised himself out of bed, pulled on fur-lined boots, a warm hat and a thick jacket, and wandered outside.
   • Rebecca toyed with the edge of the thick blanket closest to her face, knowing her sickness would not allow her any sleep.
   • So I decided the only solution was to carry my flat boots, hat and thick scarf with me.
   • And it was so cold that even wearing thick jumpers at night left you shivering.
   • I should probably turn off the heater, put on a thick sweater and go to bed.
   • Less than ten minutes later, they were curled up on the sofa together under a thick blanket, each clasping a mug of tea.
   • She got out the thick oven mitts that she carried for such occasions, and picked up the jar with the intention of claiming the reward for herself.
   • Keyes puts on thick socks to keep her feet warm and curls up informally.
   • Time to get the thermal long johns out of the dresser and bring my thick socks forward to the front of the drawer.
   • Mr Whitby said the man was quite large, wearing a baseball cap and a thick coat, which looked out of place in the warm weather.
   • She saw a man carrying a bundle wrapped in thick blankets.
   • Bundled up in a thick jacket, scarf and gloves, Nicholas went outside.
   • The evidence was overwhelming: why was he wearing a thick coat and hat on what was a glorious early September New York morning?
   • She watched as he buttoned up his thick coat and pulled gloves onto his hands.
   • And, as long as your socks are thick, they're actually quite warm.
   • I wasn't sure where she had gotten them from, but she was now dressed in a thick jacket and pants, with black mittens and boots.
   • He quickly dressed in a thick sweater and jacket before walking out of his room.
   • With the thick gloves on, I couldn't adjust the belt.
   • They get so excited, those girls, when they get a chance to dress up in their thick scarves.

   Synonyms

   chunky, bulky, heavy, cable-knit, heavyweight

   woollen, woolly
2. 1.2 (of writing or printing) consisting of broad lines.
   a headline in thick black type

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It is a display font whose forms are extremely thick, up to the extent of being nearly illegible.
   • Currently the space for their father on the document is struck through with a thick black line as though he was unknown or the children illegitimate.
   • Her pen drew a nice, thick, black line across a column of handwriting.
   • On closer inspection, however, the reader would have spotted that the seven columns of adverts were separated by thick black lines.
   • Feel free to use any font you like, but try to pick one with thick letters.
   • His pencil went flying and left a thick, black line across the work he'd been doing.
   • It'll generally be a pretty thick print.
   • I've got a problem with I's and L's showing up too thick in my PDFs.

2Made up of a large number of things or people close together.

1. 2.1thick with Densely filled or covered with.
   the ground was thick with yellow leaves

   figurative the air was thick with tension

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It reminded me of the days when I attended marketing meetings where the air was thick with such terms.
   • However, the air was sometimes so thick with dust that it was almost impossible to breathe.
   • It was light, and birds were singing, but the sky was thick with early-morning clouds.
   • The air around them was thick with dust and age as they descended a narrow set of spiral stone stairs.
   • There was a long silence that hung in the air and made it thick with dread and worry.
   • Throughout the weeks of Advent the news has been thick with rumours of war.
   • The air is often thick with the perfume of jasmine and orange blossom.
   • It was the morning of the house tournament and the air was already thick with anticipation.
   • The autumn air is thick with assertions that the Prime Minister's luck is finally running out.
   • The trees stretched overhead while the ground beneath them was thick with shrubs and grasses.
   • The gardens were in full bloom, and the air was thick with the sweet scent of flowers.
   • The stables were quiet and musty, and the air was thick with the warm smell of horses.
   • The alley was so thick with smoke that Carter could hardly see the men making it.
   • The air was thick with grit and smoke, its acidic taste coating the insides of her mouth.
   • I ran out of the bedroom and saw the hallway absolutely thick with black smoke.
   • The red rug that covered almost the entire width of the hall was thick with dust.
   • Anyway he says the whole region is thick with tens of thousands of troops dug in for the long haul.
   • It is one of very few neighbourhoods where the air is thick with the stench of rotting bin bags.
   • The air was thick with incense smoke from joss sticks and everyone was eating.
   • The air is often thick with fine particulates that coat filters and adhere to fluid spills.
   • They lived on the boat for days or weeks at a time, passing by quiet, unnamed islands thick with trees.

   Synonyms

   crowded, filled, packed, teeming, seething, swarming, crawling, crammed, thronged, bursting at the seams, solid, overflowing, choked, jammed, congested

   covered

   full of, cram-full of, overrun by, abounding in

   informal jam-packed, chock-a-block, stuffed, chock-full of

   Australian/New Zealand informal chocker

   rare pullulating

   (thick with people) British informallike Piccadilly Circus
2. 2.2 (of the air or atmosphere, or a substance in the air) opaque, dense, or heavy.
   a motorway pile-up in thick fog

   a thick cloud of smoke

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The lowering clouds develop into thick fog, then break into dazzling sunlight.
   • In these situations, the smell of stale sweat and charcoal smoke permeates the thick air.
   • Then, they saw a thick cloud of smoke whirl heavenwards.
   • When I walk through it, the thick odor of leather assaults my senses.
   • Because Titan has a thick atmosphere, able to carry sound waves, the moon is a noisy place.
   • As she gazed out into the expanse she saw nothing of the thick silver fog, or the dark grey water.
   • Sometimes the odor was too pungent and thick for her to stand it for very long.
   • The air was thick and murky, and she began to imagine horrible things coming for her.
   • It simply continued, going on towards infinity until finally the air itself was so thick as to be opaque.
   • The next day I'm mulling over the view from my window, watching the fat, grey clouds blossom in the thick air, hoping for a storm to clear the mood.
   • Venus, with a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide, has a surface temperature of 900 degrees Fahrenheit.
   • At one point a section of the harbour was cordoned off amid fears of exploding diesel as thick clouds of smoke and fumes billowed across Cartron Bay.
   • The city is blanketed today by large, thick clouds of smoke, the sun not able to pierce through at all today.
   • The air was thick and heavy with humidity, serving to dampen their spirits even further.
   • They could no longer see the town but they could see thick clouds of smoke wafting up in the distance.
   • The latter has a thick atmosphere containing methane, and, it is thought, oceans and lakes containing hydrocarbons.
   • The bottom floor of this mansion was not an inviting place; it was dark and damp; the floors were slightly wet from dripping pipes and the air was thick and heavy.
   • And then of course we've got Titan, which is a great mystery with this very thick atmosphere.
   • He couldn't see a thing, as the moon hid behind the clouds and thick fog.
   • The air about them was thick enough to taste and tasting was unavoidable.
   • The air was thick and heavy, it was going to rain soon.
   • Smoke also blew in the direction of Downpatrick, where a thick cloud of smoke also covered the town's Market Street.
   • Television footage showed lava flowing out of the crater while thick clouds of smoke rose upwards and a large fireball burst into the night sky.
   • As well as that nice thick atmosphere, Titan is perpetually covered in clouds.
   • They could see an immense mountain that stretched up into heavy thick clouds.
   • The room is bathed in a yellow light, made dim by the thick haze of smoke hanging from the ceiling.
   • It was raining here for much of the day, and when there wasn't rain, there were thick clouds in the air.
   • The air is thick and heavy, filled with the smell of cigarette smoke and cheep beer.
   • Claustrophobia and dread permeate the air like the thick mist around the mansion.
   • As the sun slowly rose into the sky, its blinding rays of light were filtered through the thick mists and clouds.
   • The sound of the ax carried through the thick summer air, and I went to the window, shielding my eyes from the red glare of the sunset.
   • They may consist of spheres of gas like Jupiter or look like Neptune itself with a core of rock and ice surrounded by a thick atmosphere of hydrogen and helium.
   • Rain, heavy cloud cover and thick fog in the area had prompted Albania's prime minister to cancel his own flight to the conference.
   • The dust storms are so thick that you just can't even see your hand in front of your face.
   • The blue-gray smoke of cigars thickened the already thick air.
   • The forest was filled with dense fog, so thick that I couldn't see more than a few feet in front of me.
   • It was really weird to walk into this room; it was the only place seemingly in the house that didn't have a thick odor of mildew permeating the air.

   Synonyms

   dense, heavy, opaque, impenetrable, soupy, murky, smoggy
3. 2.3 (of a person's head) having a dull pain or heavy feeling, especially as a result of a hangover or illness.
   influenza can cause a thick head

   Stephen woke late, his head thick and his mouth sour

   Example sentencesExamples

   • For the last two weeks I have had what seems like the flu: aching bones, a thick head, hot and cold shivers and I've gone off my food.
   • It was late as I was driving home from the bar, my head thick with beer and a variety of mixed drinks.
   • The morning after (now), I have a thick head and my mouth has the usual furry coating.

3(of a liquid or a semi-liquid substance) relatively firm in consistency; not flowing freely.

4informal Of low intelligence; stupid.

5(of a voice) not clear or distinct; hoarse or husky.

1. 5.1 (of an accent) very marked and difficult to understand.
   a thick French accent

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The priest's accent is thick, and he falters in his memorized patter about the church's attempts to overcome poverty and prejudice.
   • It had also taken Katrina a while to grow accustomed to Hazel's thick accent, but after a few weeks of it, Katrina had come to like her voice.
   • Finally, I hear a thick Middle Eastern accent asking me what I'd like.
   • He speaks with a thick south German accent that is difficult to understand, even if you speak German.
   • He could always tell a new immigrant, and he could prove it by their weak English and thick accents.
   • He had a thick Liverpudlian accent which made it harder to understand and he was going into some detail about what had happened.
   • It was not hard to recognize Delilah's voice, nor Angel's thick accent as they talked, though it was harder to understand what they said.
   • ‘Yeah, you left your bag in my cab,’ he says in a thick Brooklyn accent.
   • The accent was thick, exotic and lilting, and sounded as if it came from the south.
   • He had a thick Italian accent but I could understand it for the most part.
   • His accent was thick, and she had no idea where it came from.
   • A tall, heavy-set man with a thick accent then reached his hand out toward us.
   • The actors are especially unhappy about the scene where the asylum seeker meets the English girl's parents and they cannot understand a word he says because of his thick accent.
   • He realized that the girl had a thick accent, but could not place it.
   • His co-workers didn't have a problem with that, or his thick accent, he said.
   • The guy had spoken with a thick accent which made it hard to understand his words.
   • ‘I would say we're pop rock,’ she says in a thick accent that gives away her Paisley background.
   • Plus, my accent was so thick that it was hard for the teachers to understand me.
   • Thoughtful and articulate with a warming, thick Scouse accent Nick has some pretty candid views about life and rock 'n' roll.
   • She speaks with a thick middle European accent, and she is difficult to understand.

   Synonyms

   obvious, pronounced, marked, broad, strong, rich, decided, distinct, conspicuous, noticeable, identifiable

6informal predicative Having a very close, friendly relationship.

The most active or crowded part of something.

In or with deep, dense, or heavy mass.