thin

Plural: thins

Verb

Verb Forms: thinned, thinning, thins

• To make or become less thick, dense, or numerous.
• lose thickness; become thin or thinner
• make thin or thinner
  • "Thin the solution"
• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
• take off weight
• To make thin or thinner.
• To become thin or thinner.
• To dilute.
• To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.

Adjective

• Having little thickness or density; slender or sparse.
• 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"
• lacking excess flesh; ; -Shakespeare
  • "you can't be too rich or too 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"
• (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
  • "a thin feeble cry"

Adjective Satellite

• very narrow
  • "a thin line across the page"
• not dense
  • "a thin beard"
• lacking spirit or sincere effort
  • "a thin smile"
• lacking substance or significance; ; ; ; a fragile claim to fame"
  • "a thin plot"

Adverb

• without viscosity
  • "the blood was flowing thin"

Adj

• 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.
• 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.
• Of a route: relatively little used.
• Poor; scanty; without money or success.

Noun

• 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.

Adv

• Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

Examples

• a thin disguise
• a thin, tight-lipped smile
• He watched his opponent’s Words With Friends lead THIN with every challenged word.
• His chances were THIN, but he still tried to play a seven-letter word from his meager rack.
• The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
• The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
• thin person
• thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering
• thin wire; thin string
• Water is thinner than honey.

Synonyms

cut, dilute, flimsy, fragile, lean, lose weight, melt off, reduce, slender, slenderize, slight, slim, slim down, sparse, tenuous, thin out, thinly, diffuse, fine, narrow, reedy, runny, scant, scarce, scrawny, skinny, spaced out, svelte, waifish, watery

Antonyms

fat, full, gain, thick, thicken, thickly

Related Words

thinness

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