'Thin' definitions:

Definition of 'thin'

(from WordNet)
adverb
Without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn: thinly, thin] [ant: thick, thickly]
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" [ant: thick]
adjective
Lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare [syn: thin, lean] [ant: fat]
adjective
Very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: slender, thin]
adjective
Not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn: sparse, 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" [ant: thick]
adjective
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry" [ant: full]
adjective
Lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
adjective
Lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" [syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin]
verb
Lose thickness; become thin or thinner [ant: inspissate, thicken]
verb
Make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" [ant: inspissate, thicken]
verb
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut]
verb
Take off weight [syn: reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down] [ant: gain, put on]

Definition of 'Thin'

From: GCIDE
  • Thin \Thin\, adv. Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin. [1913 Webster]
  • Spain is thin sown of people. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Thin'

From: GCIDE
  • Thin \Thin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Thinning.] [Cf. AS. ge[thorn]ynnian.] To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Thin'

From: GCIDE
  • Thin \Thin\, v. i. 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Thin'

From: GCIDE
  • Thin \Thin\, a. [Compar. Thiner; superl. Thinest.] [OE. thinne, thenne, thunne, AS. [thorn]ynne; akin to D. dun, G. d["u]nn, OHG. dunni, Icel. [thorn]unnr, Sw. tunn, Dan. tynd, Gael. & Ir. tana, W. teneu, L. tenuis, Gr. ? (in comp.) stretched out, ? stretched, stretched out, long, Skr. tanu thin, slender; also to AS. ?enian to extend, G. dehnen, Icel. ?enja, Goth. ?anjan (in comp.), L. tendere to stretch, tenere to hold, Gr. ? to stretch, Skr. tan. [root]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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • In the day, when the air is more thin. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • Satan, bowing low His gray dissimulation, disappeared, Into thin air diffused. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness. [1913 Webster]
  • Seven thin ears . . . blasted with the east wind. --Gen. xli. 6. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full. [1913 Webster]
  • Thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise. [1913 Webster]
  • My tale is done, for my wit is but thin. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Thin section. See under Section. [1913 Webster]

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