thick
part of speech
adjective (thick, thicker, thickest); adverb (thick)
meaning for a pupil
1) Thick means having a large distance between its two sides: a thick book, a thick wall. tree →
2) Thick means growing close together: thick hair, a thick forest. tree →
3) Thick describes a liquid that does not flow easily: thick soup. tree →
4) Thick fog or smoke is hard to see through. tree →
5) Informally, thick means slow to understand (rude). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In "thick darkness" it means a deep, heavy darkness, not just a dark place. It can also mean dense or heavy in a solid way, as in the "thick bosses" of a shield. Interpretation: Thick darkness is the dark cloud around God at Sinai, and also the ninth plague in Egypt. The prophets and Solomon say God comes down in or dwells in the thick darkness, which tradition reads as the mystery of God's presence, and the Egyptian darkness as so heavy it could be felt. In the primary lessons: In maths and measuring, thickness is how far it is through something, measured in millimetres or centimetres. In science and cooking, a thick liquid is viscous, like honey. In safety, thick ice is safer than thin ice, and thick smoke in a fire means stay low. Phrases: «through thick and thin» (in good and bad times), «in the thick of» (in the busiest part), «thick as thieves» (very close friends).
examples
- And the people stood afar off; but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. (Torah EXO.20.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; (Torah EXO.10.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. (Torah DEU.4.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet. (Prophets 2SA.22.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then spoke Solomon: The LORD hath said that He would dwell in the thick darkness. (Prophets 1KI.8.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers. (Writings JOB.15.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- This dictionary is very thick. tree →
- Wear a thick coat in winter. tree →
- The soup is too thick; add some water. tree →
- Thick fog covered the road. tree →
- The forest was thick with trees. tree →
- Only skate when the ice is thick enough. tree →
- Best friends stick together through thick and thin. tree →
- Stay low in thick smoke. tree →
- It was a very, very thick trunk. tree →
note
Opposite: thin. Comparison: thicker, thickest. Calling someone «thick» is an insult — avoid it. In a maths problem «a 2 cm thick book» gives its depth from cover to cover.
In the corpora
- And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
- And the people stood afar off; but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
- He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
- And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- Then spoke Solomon: The LORD hath said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
Trees and pragmatics
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