[syn: thinly, thin]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft
mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air. --Shak.
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In the day, when the air is more thin. --Bacon.
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Satan, bowing low
His gray dissimulation, disappeared,
Into thin air diffused. --Milton.
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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.
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Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.
--Addison.
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4. Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
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Seven thin ears . . . blasted with the east wind.
--Gen. xli. 6.
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5. Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person
becomes thin by disease.
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6. Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
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Thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams.
--Dryden.
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7. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth
or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a
covering; as, a thin disguise.
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My tale is done, for my wit is but thin. --Chaucer.
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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.
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Thin section. See under Section.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thin \Thin\, adv.
Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown
thin.
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Spain is thin sown of people. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thin
adv 1: without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn:
thinly, thin] [ant: thick, thickly]
adj 1: 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]
2: 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]
3: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: slender,
thin]
4: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn:
sparse, thin]
5: 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]
6: (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
[ant: full]
7: lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
8: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a
tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
[syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin]
v 1: lose thickness; become thin or thinner [ant: inspissate,
thicken]
2: make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" [ant: inspissate,
thicken]
3: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut
bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut]
4: take off weight [syn: reduce, melt off, lose weight,
slim, slenderize, thin, slim down] [ant: gain, put
on]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
434 Moby Thesaurus words for "thin":
Lenten, Sanforize, Sanforized, Spartan, a bit thick, a bit thin,
abate, abrade, abstemious, abstract, absurd, acute, adulterate,
adulterated, airy, ankle-deep, argute, ascetic, atomic, attenuate,
attenuated, austere, backset, baptize, bate, beyond belief,
blow off, bony, boyish, cadaverous, cast forth, cheeseparing,
chiffon, chinchy, chintzy, clear, clear as crystal, clear away,
colliquate, consume, consumed, corky, corpuscular, creaky, crystal,
crystal-clear, crystalline, cultivate, culture, cursory, curtail,
cut, cut down, dainty, dead, decoagulate, decoct, decrease, deduct,
deficient, delicate, deliquesce, delve, depreciate, depthless,
derogate, detract, diaphane, diaphanous, diffuse, dig, dilute,
diluted, diminish, disparage, dispel, dispersed, dissipate,
dissolve, doubtable, doubtful, drain, draw out, dress, dried-up,
drive away, dry up, dubious, dubitable, dwarfed, dwarfish,
ear-piercing, eat away, emacerate, emacerated, emaciate, emaciated,
embryonic, epidermal, erode, ethereal, etherealize, evanescent,
evaporate, exiguous, expand, extenuate, extract, fade, fallow,
feeble, fertilize, file away, filmy, fine, finespun, flat,
flavorless, flimsy, fluidify, fluidize, flux, force, fragile,
frail, frugal, fuse, gangling, gaseous, gaunt, gauzy, germinal,
girlish, gossamer, gossamery, gracile, granular, gruelly,
half-starved, hard of belief, hard to believe, harrow, high,
high-pitched, hoe, hold in solution, howling, impair, impalpable,
imperceptible, implausible, imponderable, impoverished, improbable,
inadequate, inane, inappreciable, inconceivable, incredible,
indifferent, indiscernible, infinitesimal, infrequent, infuse,
insipid, insubstantial, insufficient, intangible, invisible,
irrigate, jejune, keen, keening, knee-deep, lacy, lame, lank,
lanky, leach, lean, lessen, light, light-pervious, limited, limpid,
liquefy, liquesce, liquidize, list, lixiviate, lucid, macerate,
meager, meagerly, mean, melt, melt down, microcosmic, microscopic,
mild, milk-and-water, miserly, misty, molecular, mulch, narrow,
niggardly, nonopaque, not deep, not deserving belief,
on the surface, open to doubt, open to suspicion, paltry, papery,
pappy, parch, parched, parsimonious, passing belief, peekaboo,
pellucid, penetrating, percolate, piddling, piercing, pinched,
piping, plow, poor, preposterous, preshrink, preshrunk,
problematic, prune, pulpy, puny, purify, questionable, rake, rare,
rarefied, rarefy, reduce, reedy, refine, refined, remove, retrench,
revealing, ridiculous, rub away, run, sapless, savorless, scant,
scantily, scanty, scarce, scattered, scraggy, scrawny, screaky,
screeching, screechy, scrimp, scrimping, scrimpy, sear,
see-through, seldom met with, seldom seen, shallow, shallow-rooted,
sharp, sharpen, sheer, shoal, shorten, shrieking, shrieky, shrill,
shrink, shrivel, shriveled, shriveled up, shrunk, shrunken, silken,
silky, skeletal, skimp, skimping, skimpy, skin-deep, skinny,
slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky,
small, solubilize, solve, spade, spare, sparing, sparingly, sparse,
sparsely, spiceless, spindly, spotty, sprinkled, squeaking,
squeaky, staggering belief, stale, starvation, stingy, stinted,
straitened, stunted, subatomic, subduct, subsistence, subtile,
subtilize, subtle, subtract, superficial, surface, suspect,
suspicious, svelte, sylphlike, take away, take from, tall,
tasteless, tenuous, thaw, thick, thin, thin away, thin down,
thin out, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinned, thinned-out,
thinnish, threadlike, tight, till, till the soil, translucent,
transparent, transpicuous, treble, trim, trivial, twiggy,
ultramicroscopic, ululant, unbelievable, unclot, unclouded,
uncommon, uncompact, uncompressed, unconvincing, underfed,
undernourished, undersized, underweight, unearthly, unflavored,
ungodly, unimaginable, unimportant, unnourishing, unnutritious,
unprofound, unsatisfying, unsavory, unseeable, unsubstantial,
untenable, unthinkable, unusual, unworthy of belief, vague, vapid,
vaporous, volatilize, wailing, washy, wasp-waisted, waste,
waste away, wasted, wasted away, water, water down, watered,
watered-down, waterish, watery, weak, weaken, wear away, weazen,
weazened, weed, weed out, whining, whistling, willowy, windy,
wiredrawn, wishy-washy, wispy, withdraw, wither, withered, wizen,
wizen-faced, wizened, work, worthless