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Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): thickness, thickener, thicken, thick, thickly
Xem thêm: midst, compact, dense, slurred, dense, deep, compact, heavyset, stocky, thickset, chummy, buddy-buddy, thick(p), blockheaded, boneheaded, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed, thickly, thickly
thick adj.
1 of solid things/growing things
VERBS be, feel, look, seem
ADV. extremely, really, very | fairly, quite, rather, relatively Use fairly thick wads of newspaper. | enough, sufficiently a screen of trees thick enough to conceal the building entirely
2 of liquid
VERBS be, look, seem | become, get The paint's got too thick. I'll have to thin it down.
ADV. very | fairly, quite, rather | enough, sufficiently
3 of fog/smoke/air
VERBS be, feel, look, seem | become, grow The air had grown thick and smoky.
ADV. very | fairly, quite, rather
PREP. with The air was thick with dust. (figurative) The atmosphere was thick with tension.
n.
in the midst of the crowd
adj.
an inch thick
a thick board
a thick sandwich
spread a thick layer of butter
thick coating of dust
thick warm blankets
a compact shopping center
a dense population
thick crowds
a thick forest
thick hair
thick cream
thick soup
thick smoke
thick fog
the thick speech of a drunkard
his words were slurred
dense vegetation
thick woods
thick night
thick darkness
a face in deep shadow
deep night
a wrestler of compact build
he was tall and heavyset
stocky legs
a thick middle-aged man
a thickset young man
a close friend
the bartender was chummy with the regular customers
the two were thick as thieves for months
the top was thick with dust