Definitions for thin

Definitions for (verb) thin

Main entry: reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin, melt off, lose weight

Definition: take off weight


Main entry: dilute, cut, reduce, thin, thin out

Definition: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Usage: cut bourbon


Main entry: thin

Definition: make thin or thinner

Usage: Thin the solution


Main entry: thin

Definition: lose thickness; become thin or thinner


Definitions for (adj) thin

Main entry: sparse, thin

Definition: not dense

Usage: a thin beard; trees were sparse


Main entry: thin, lean

Definition: lacking excess flesh

Usage: you can't be too rich or too thin; Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look-Shakespeare


Main entry: thin

Definition: (of sound) lacking resonance or volume

Usage: a thin feeble cry


Main entry: tenuous, thin, fragile, flimsy, slight

Definition: lacking substance or significance

Usage: slight evidence; a tenuous argument; a thin plot; a fragile claim to fame


Main entry: thin

Definition: lacking spirit or sincere effort

Usage: a thin smile


Main entry: thin

Definition: of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

Usage: thin wire; a thin chiffon blouse; a thin book; a thin layer of paint


Main entry: thin

Definition: relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous

Usage: air is thin at high altitudes; a thin soup; skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk; thin oil


Main entry: thin, slender

Definition: very narrow

Usage: a thin line across the page


Definitions for (adv) thin

Main entry: thin, thinly

Definition: without viscosity

Usage: the blood was flowing thin


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