Thick vs Lush - What's the difference?
thick | lush |
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 Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
Heavy in build; thickset.
* 2007 , James T. Knight, Queen of the Hustle
Densely crowded or packed.
* , chapter=3
, title= Having a viscous consistency.
Abounding in number.
Impenetrable to sight.
Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
(informal) Stupid.
(informal) Friendly or intimate.
* T. Hughes
Deep, intense, or profound.
* Shakespeare
In a thick manner.
Thickly.
Frequently; in great numbers.
The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
* Dryden
A thicket.
* Drayton
* Spenser
A stupid person; a fool.
* 2014 , Joseph O'Connor, The Thrill of It All (page 100)
(archaic) To thicken.
(obsolete) Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
(dialectal) Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned.
(of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life.
* 2006 , Stefani Jackenthal, New York Times
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
, author=Nancy Langston
, title=The Fraught History of a Watery World
, volume=101, issue=1, page=59
, magazine=
(slang, of food) Luxuriant, delicious.
(British, slang) Beautiful, sexy.
(British, Canada, slang) Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
(pejorative) Drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
Intoxicating liquor.
To drink liquor to excess.
To drink (liquor) to excess.
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.As a noun thick
is the thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.As a verb thick
is (archaic|transitive) to thicken.As a proper noun lush is
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English
Adjective
(er)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. […].}}
- 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.
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.}}
- We have been thick ever since.
- 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 alsoAntonyms
* (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) unacquaintedDerived 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 * thickyAdverb
(er)- Snow lay thick on the ground.
- Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.
- The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
Noun
(-)- It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
- He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
- gloomy thicks
- Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.
- 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 thinVerb
(en verb)- The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge.
lush
English
(wikipedia lush)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Related to (m). More at (l), (l).Adjective
(er)- Some of the world’s best rain forest and volcanic hiking can be found within the lush canopied Caribbean trail systems. Chock-full of waterfalls and hot springs, bright-colored birds and howling monkeys, flora-lined trails cut through thick, fragrant forests and up cloud-covered mountains.
citation, passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}
- That meal was lush ! We have to go that restaurant again sometime!
- Boys with long hair are lush !
- Your voice is lush , Lucy! I could listen to it all day!