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| NOUN: | The most intensely active central part: eye, midst. See EDGE. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Informal. Very closely associated: chummy, close, familiar, friendly, intimate1. Slang : tight. Idioms: hand in glove with. See LOVE. 2. Short, heavy, and solidly built: blocky, chunky, compact1, dumpy, heavyset, squat, stocky, stodgy, stubby, stumpy, thickset. See FAT. 3. Informal. Lacking in intelligence: blockheaded, dense, doltish, dumb, hebetudinous, obtuse, stupid, thickheaded, thick-witted. Slang : dimwitted, dopey. See ABILITY. 4. Growing profusely: dense, heavy, lush1, luxuriant, profuse, rank2. See BIG. 5. Having a dense or viscous consistency: gelatinous, heavy, stodgy. See SOLID. 6. Having all parts near to each other: close, compact1, crowded, dense, packed, tight. See TIGHTEN. 7. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite: fat. See THICK.
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