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Definition of 'Thin'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) thin
having relatively little extent from one surface to the opposite:
thin ice.

2.  thin
of small cross section in comparison with the length:
a thin wire.

3.  thin
having little flesh; lean:
a thin man.

4.  thin
composed of objects widely separated; sparse:
thin vegetation.

5.  thin
scant.

6.  thin
of relatively slight consistency:
thin soup.

7.  thin
rarefied, as air.

8.  thin
lacking solidity; flimsy:
a thin excuse.

9.  thin
lacking volume; weak and shrill:
a thin voice.

10.  thin
lacking force or a sincere effort:
a thin smile.

11.  thin
lacking body or richness:
a thin wine.

12.  thin
of light tint.

13.  thin
(of a photographic negative) lacking in contrast through underdevelopment or underexposure.

14. (adv.) thin
in a thin manner.

15.  thin
sparsely; not densely.

16.  thin
so as to produce something thin:
ham sliced thin.

17. (v.t.) thin
to make thin or thinner (often fol. by down or out).

18. (v.i.) thin
to become reduced or diminished (often fol. by down, out, or off):
The crowd thinned out.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME thyn(ne), OE thynne, c. OFris thenne)

Definition of 'Thin'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) thin
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"

2. (adj) thin, lean
lacking excess flesh
"you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

3. (adj) slender, thin
very narrow
"a thin line across the page"

4. (adj) sparse, thin
not dense
"a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

5. (adj) thin
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"

6. (adj) thin
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume
"a thin feeble cry"

7. (adj) thin
lacking spirit or sincere effort
"a thin smile"

8. (verb) flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin
lacking substance or significance
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"

9. (verb) thin
lose thickness; become thin or thinner

10. (verb) thin
make thin or thinner
"Thin the solution"

11. (verb) dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon"

12. (adverb) reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
take off weight

13. (adverb) thinly, thin
without viscosity
"the blood was flowing thin"

Definition of 'Thin'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) thin
≠ thick
a dress made of thin material; Cut the slices thin.

2.  thin
≠ fat, overweight
She looked pale and thin.; a tall, thin man

3.  thin
≠ thick
His hair was getting thin on top.

4.  thin
≠ thin
The soup was a little thin.

5.  thin
not large in size or amount
Trading on the stock market was thin.; She won by a thin margin.

6.  thin
(of air) not containing much oxygen
at 20,000 feet where the air is thin

7.  thin
out of thin air/into thin air
emphasizes that sth appears or disappears quickly
Suddenly, out of thin air, there was food for everyone.

8. (verb) thin
to become smaller in size or number
The crowd began to thin out.; Her hair is thinning.

9.  thin
to make a liquid thinner
Thin the sauce with some wine.

10. (adverb) thin
in thin pieces; = thinly
I like the meat sliced thin.

Definition of 'Thin'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) Thin
not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin

2.  Thin
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

3.  Thin
rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air

4.  Thin
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

5.  Thin
not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness

6.  Thin
not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease

7.  Thin
wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full

8.  Thin
slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise

9. (verb) Thin
to make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective)

10. (verb) Thin
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

Translation of 'Thin'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: having a short distance between opposite sides thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.
Afrikaans: dun	Arabic: رَقيق، رَفيع	Bulgarian: тънък
Brazilian: fino	Czech: tenký, slabý	German: dünn
Danish: tynd	Greek: λεπτός, ψιλός	Spanish: fino
Estonian: õhuke	Farsi: نازک	Finnish: ohut
French: mince	Hebrew: דַק	Hindi: पतला
Croatian: tanak	Hungarian: vékony	Indonesian: tipis
Icelandic: þunnur	Italian: sottile	Japanese: 薄い
Korean: 얇은	Lithuanian: plonas	Latvian: plāns
Malay: tipis	Dutch: dun	Norwegian: tynn; spinkel
Polish: cienki	Portuguese: fino	Romanian: subţire
Russian: тонкий	Slovak: tenký	Slovenian: tenek
Serbian: tanak	Swedish: tunn	Thai: บาง
Turkish: zayıf, ince	Taiwanese: 薄的	Ukrainian: тонкий
Urdu: پتلا، باريک	Vietnamese: mỏng	Chinese: 薄的
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