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thick

/θɪk/ adjectif A1

En français : épais, gros, dense, See incompréhensible

  1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
  2. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension. · I want some planks that are two inches thick.
  3. Heavy in build; thickset. · He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
  4. Densely crowded or packed. · We walked through thick undergrowth.
  5. Having a viscous consistency. · My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
  6. Abounding in number. · The room was thick with reporters.· Seashells lay thick on the beach.
  7. Impenetrable to sight. · We drove through thick fog.
  8. Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin. · He answered me in his characteristically thick Creole patois.

Comparatif thicker · Superlatif thickest

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Dans la bibliothèque

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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