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THINNER
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”
dilutant, diluent, thinner
(noun) a diluting agent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
thinner
comparative form of thin
Noun
thinner (plural thinners)
A liquid substance used to thin the consistency of another liquid.
Something that thins.
Source: Wiktionary
Thin"ner, n.
Definition: One who thins, or makes thinner.
THIN
Thin, a. [Compar. Thiner; superl. Thinest.] Etym: [OE. thinne, thenne, thunne, AS. Ăľynne; akin to D. dun, G. dĂĽnn, OHG. dunni, Icel. Ăľunnr, 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. geĂľynnian.]
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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