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10 Language-to-English DictionariesThicket
/ˈθɪk.ɪt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A dense group of bushes or trees.
"The deer hid in the thicket, safe from the hunters." - 2
A tangled or dense area of vegetation.
"We had to push through the thicket to reach the clearing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'thicket', originating from Old English 'thicced', meaning a thick growth or density, built upon the root 'thicce' (thick). Historically used to describe dense patches of shrubs, bushes, or small trees, the term has maintained its physical and metaphorical imagery of entanglement.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Thicket" is said worldwide
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fourré
Transliteration: foor-ray
"Le cerf s'est caché dans le fourré."
Dickicht
Transliteration: dik-icht
"Der Hirsch versteckte sich im Dickicht."
boscaglia
Transliteration: bos-gah-lya
"Il cervo si nascose nella boscaglia."
matorral
Transliteration: ma-tor-ral
"El ciervo se escondió en el matorral."
brioso
Transliteration: bree-oh-so
"O cervo se escondeu no brioso."
झाड़ी
Transliteration: jhadi
"हिरण झाड़ी में छिपा था।"
灌木丛
Transliteration: guànmùcóng
"鹿藏身于灌木丛中。"
덤불
Transliteration: deombul
"사슴이 덤불 속에 숨었다."
茂み
Transliteration: shigemi
"鹿は茂みに隠れていた。"
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