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Englisch > Deutsch
thick
1. Adjektiv:
2. [1] nicht dünn, dick
3. [2] etwas misst eine bestimmte Anzahl von Einheiten
[1] I love my toast with a thick helping of butter.
Ich liebe meinen Toast dick mit Butter bestrichen.
[2] The walls are two metres thick.
Die Wände sind zwei Meter dick.
Englisch > Englisch
thick
1. adj. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
2. adj. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
I want some planks that are two inches thick.
3. adj. Heavy in build; thickset.
He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
4. adj. Densely crowded or packed.
We walked through thick undergrowth.
5. adj. Having a viscous consistency.
My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
6. adj. Abounding in number.
The room was thick with reporters.
7. adj. Impenetrable to sight.
We drove through thick fog.
8. adj. Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent.
9. adj. (informal) Stupid.
He was as thick as two short planks.
10. adj. (informal) Friendly or intimate.
They were as thick as thieves.
11. adj. Deep, intense, or profound.
Thick darkness.
12. adj. (dated) troublesome; unreasonable
13. adj. (slang) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
14. adj. topics, en, Size
15. adv. In a thick manner.
Snow lay thick on the ground.
16. adv. Thickly.
Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.
17. adv. Frequently; in great numbers.
The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
18. subst. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
19. subst. A thicket.
20. subst. (slang) A stupid person; a fool.
21. v. (archaic, transitive) To thicken.
The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge.
Deutsch > Englisch
dick
1. adj. thick
2. adj. fat

Aussprache

Beispielsätze

That book is thick, but it's not very expensive.      Dieses Buch ist dick, aber nicht sehr teuer. The forest was so thick that one could hardly walk through it.      Der Wald war so dicht, dass man kaum hindurchgehen konnte. One book is thin, and the other is thick.      Das eine Buch ist dünn, das andere dick. How can someone who knows the language so well have such a thick accent?      Wie kann jemand, der die Sprache so gut beherrscht, einen so starken Akzent haben? The sun was hidden by thick clouds.      Die Sonne wurde von dichten Wolken bedeckt.

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