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thicke

n. countable
C2 Proficiency thicke Archaic

n. a very thick or heavy object, often used to describe a person's body. It is an old-fashioned word that people used in the past to talk about someone being large or strong.

n. a thick or heavy object, typically referring to a person's body or a dense mass.


SIMPLE

The knight carried a heavy thicke on his back.

CONTEXTUAL

In the old play, the villain is described as a 'thicke' man who moves with great difficulty through the narrow corridors.

COMPLEX

The poet uses the term 'thicke' to evoke the dense, oppressive atmosphere of the forest, where the trees grow so closely together that no light can penetrate the canopy.

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