thick on the ground in English

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      "form": "thicker on the ground",
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          "ref": "1962 March, J. M. Tolson, “The Netherlands Railways today—I: The economic development of the Netherlands Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 170",
          "text": "Although the Netherlands occupy only a seventh of the area of the United Kingdom, the population of 11.5 million is as thick on the ground as 890 people per square mile, whereas the comparable figure for the U.K. is 560 per square mile.",
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        "Existing, or present, in large numbers or amounts."
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        "(UK) Existing, or present, in large numbers or amounts."
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thicker on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thickest on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "(UK) Existing, or present, in large numbers or amounts."
      ],
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        "UK"
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    }
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"thick on the ground" meaning in English

Adjective