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thick

/θɪk/ adverb C2
  1. In a thick manner. · Snow lay thick on the ground.
  2. Frequently or numerously. · The arrows flew thick and fast around us.

Comparative thicker · Superlative thickest

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At nightfall they took shelter in a thick wood.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 75 · B2
The tree made a good, thick covering to protect them from the dew, and the Tin Woodman chopped a great pile of wood with his axe and Dorothy built a splendid fire that warmed her and made her feel less lonely.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 37 · B2
And as bees cannot live when their stings are broken that was the end of the black bees, and they lay scattered thick about the Woodman, like little heaps of fine coal.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 81 · B2
The owner went up after him and quickly drove him down, beating him severely with a thick wooden cudgel.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 33 · B2

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