THIN

sparse, thin

(adjective) not dense; “a thin beard”; “trees were sparse”

thin, lean

(adjective) lacking excess flesh; “you can’t be too rich or too thin”; “Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look”-Shakespeare

thin

(adjective) (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; “a thin feeble cry”

flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin

(adjective) lacking substance or significance; “slight evidence”; “a tenuous argument”; “a thin plot”; “a fragile claim to fame”

thin

(adjective) lacking spirit or sincere effort; “a thin smile”

thin

(adjective) of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; “thin wire”; “a thin chiffon blouse”; “a thin book”; “a thin layer of paint”

thin

(adjective) relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; “air is thin at high altitudes”; “a thin soup”; “skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk”; “thin oil”

slender, thin

(adjective) very narrow; “a thin line across the page”

thinly, thin

(adverb) without viscosity; “the blood was flowing thin”

reduce, melt off, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down

(verb) take off weight

dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut

(verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; “cut bourbon”

thin

(verb) make thin or thinner; “Thin the solution”

thin

(verb) lose thickness; become thin or thinner

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

thin (comparative thinner, )

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.

Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

Synonyms

• (having little thickness from one surface to its opposite): narrow; see also narrow

• (very narrow in all diameters): fine

• (having little body fat or flesh): reedy, skinny, slender, slim, svelte, waifish; see also slender or scrawny

• (of low viscosity): runny, watery; see also runny

• (not close or crowded): spaced out, sparse; see also diffuse

• (not numerous): scant, scarce, slight

Antonyms

• thick

Noun

thin (plural thins)

(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

Any food produced or served in thin slices.

Verb

thin (third-person singular simple present thins, present participle thinning, simple past and past participle thinned)

(transitive) To make thin or thinner.

(intransitive) To become thin or thinner.

To dilute.

To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.

Adverb

thin (comparative more thin, superlative most thin)

Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

Anagrams

• Nith, hint

Source: Wiktionary

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Thin, a. [Compar. Thiner; superl. Thinest.] Etym: [OE. thinne, thenne, thunne, AS. þynne; akin to D. dun, G. dünn, OHG. dunni, Icel. þunnr, Sw. tunn, Dan. tynd, Gael. & Ir. tana, W. teneu, L. tenuis, Gr. tanu thin, slender; also to AS. to extend, G. dehnen, Icel. , Goth. (in comp.), L. tendere to stretch, tenere to hold, Gr. tan. *51 & 237. Cf. Attenuate, Dance, Tempt, Tenable, Tend to move, Tenous, Thunder, Tone.]

1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

2. Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air. Shak. In the day, when the air is more thin. Bacon. Satan, bowing low His gray dissimulation, disappeared, Into thin air diffused. Milton.

3. Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin. Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people. Addison.

4. Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness. Seven thin ears . . . blasted with the east wind. Gen. xli. 6.

5. Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.

6. Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full. Thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams. Dryden.

7. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise. My tale is done, for my wit is but thin. Chaucer.

Note: Thin is used in the formation of compounds which are mostly self-explaining; as, thin-faced, thin-lipped, thin-peopled, thin- shelled, and the like. Thin section. See under Section.

Thin, adv.

Definition: Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin. Spain is thin sown of people. Bacon.

Thin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Thinning.] Etym: [Cf. AS. geþynnian.]

Definition: To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Thin, v. i.

Definition: To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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