Arrow vs Thick - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between arrow and thick

is that arrow is a projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow while thick is the thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.

As verbs the difference between arrow and thick

is that arrow is to move swiftly and directly (like an arrow) while thick is (archaic|transitive) to thicken.

As a contraction arrow

is (obsolete).

As an adjective thick is

relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

As an adverb thick is

in a thick manner.

arrow

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Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) earh, (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.

Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.

\to

(lb) A directed edge.

A dart.

Synonyms

* (projectile) streal * (in graph theory) arc, directed edge

Derived terms

* arrowsmith * arrow-finger * arrowhead * arrow of time / time's arrow * arrowroot * arrowy * straight as an arrow

Verb

(en verb)

To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow)

To let fly swiftly and directly

* {{quote-news, year=2012

, date=April 9 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Jermain Defoe dinked in an equaliser and Gareth Bale hit the crossbar for the hosts before Elliott Bennett arrowed in Norwich's winner. }}

Etymology 2

Representing pronunciation.

Contraction

(en-cont)

(obsolete)

* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, page 153:

though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money.

thick

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Adjective

(er)

Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=17 citation , passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}

Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

Heavy in build; thickset.

* 2007 , James T. Knight, Queen of the Hustle

As she twirled around in front of the mirror admiring how the dress showed off her thick booty, she felt like a princess in a children's storybook.

Densely crowded or packed.

* , chapter=3

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}

Having a viscous consistency.

Abounding in number.

Impenetrable to sight.

Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.

(informal) Stupid.

(informal) Friendly or intimate.

* T. Hughes

We have been thick ever since.

Deep, intense, or profound.

* Shakespeare

thick sleep

Synonyms

* (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) broad * (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) * (heavy in build) chunky, solid, stocky, thickset * (densely crowded or packed) crowded, dense, packed * (having a viscous consistency) glutinous, viscous * (abounding in number) overflowing, swarming, teeming * (impenetrable to sight) dense, opaque, solid * (sense) unclear * dense, dumb (informal), stupid, thick as pigshit (taboo slang), thick as two short planks (slang) * (sense) chummy (qualifier), close, close-knit, friendly, pally (informal), intimate, tight-knit * great, extreme * See also

Antonyms

* (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) slim, thin * (heavy in build) slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin * (densely crowded or packed) sparse * (having a viscous consistency) free-flowing, runny * (abounding in number) * (impenetrable to sight) thin, transparent * (sense) clear, lucid * brainy (informal), intelligent, smart * (sense) unacquainted

Derived terms

* blood is thicker than water * thick and thin * thick as a brick * thick as a plank * thick as thieves * thick as two short planks * thicket * thickhead * thickish * thickly * thicko * thickness * thickset * thick-skinned * thick-un * thicky

Adverb

(er)

In a thick manner.

Snow lay thick on the ground.

Thickly.

Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.

Frequently; in great numbers.

The arrows flew thick and fast around us.

Noun

(-)

The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.

It was mayhem in the thick of battle.

* Dryden

He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.

A thicket.

* Drayton

gloomy thicks

* Spenser

Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.

A stupid person; a fool.

* 2014 , Joseph O'Connor, The Thrill of It All (page 100)

If there was doctorates in bollocksology and scratching yourself in bed, the two of you'd be professors by now. Pair of loafing, idle thicks .

Derived terms

* in the thick of * through thick and thin

Verb

(en verb)

(archaic) To thicken.

The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge.

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