thickset

/'θik'set/

Thân thiện

A thickset young man carries a heavy box across the yard.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a short, broad, and solid body build: Describes a person or animal with a sturdy, stocky, or heavily built physique, often implying strength and a lack of tallness.
   • Planted or growing close together: Describes plants, trees, or shrubs that are dense and grow very near to each other, forming a thick mass.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective (describing a person): The thickset bouncer stood firmly by the door.He was a thickset man, built like a rugby player.

• Adjective (describing vegetation): The path was blocked by a thickset hedge.They walked through a thickset forest where little light penetrated.

Advanced Usage

• Comparative and Superlative Forms: "thicksetter," "thicksetest." These forms are less common but grammatically possible, especially in descriptive prose.

Variants and Related Words

• Stocky (adj): Similar in meaning to "thickset" when describing a person's build, emphasizing broadness and solidity.
• Heavyset (adj): Very similar to "thickset," describing a solid, often large, body frame.
• Compact (adj): Can describe a solid, dense build or something closely packed together.
• Dense (adj): Primarily used for things (like foliage) that are closely compacted, overlapping with the second meaning of "thickset."

Synonyms

• Stocky
• Heavyset
• Burly
• Sturdy
• Dense (for vegetation)

Antonyms

• Slender
• Lanky
• Thin
• Sparse (for vegetation)

Related Phrases and Collocations

• Thickset build/frame/physique: Commonly used collocations to describe a person's body type.
• Thickset hedge/undergrowth/woods: Common collocations for dense plant life.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. planted or growing close together
   • thickset trees
2. having a short and solid form or stature
   • a wrestler of compact build
   • he was tall and heavyset
   • stocky legs
   • a thickset young man

Từ đồng nghĩa

• compact
• heavyset
• stocky
• thick