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ALL meanings of thin

thin
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  • verb with object thin to make thin or thinner (often followed by down, out, etc.). 1
  • verb without object thin to become thin or thinner; become reduced or diminished (often followed by down, out, off, etc.): The crowd is thinning out. 1
  • adjective thin slice: finely cut 1
  • adjective thin narrow 1
  • adjective thin person: slender 1
  • adjective thin liquid: watery 1
  • adjective thin area: sparse 1
  • adjective thin sound: tinny 1
  • adjective thin argument: weak 1
  • adjective thin insubstantial 1
  • intransitive verb thin hair, vegetation: become sparse 1
  • transitive verb thin make thin 1
  • adjective thin having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice. 1
  • adjective thin of small cross section in comparison with the length; slender: a thin wire. 1
  • adjective thin having little flesh; spare; lean: a thin man. 1
  • adjective thin composed of or containing objects, particles, etc., widely separated; sparse: thin vegetation. 1
  • adjective thin scant; not abundant or plentiful. 1
  • adjective thin of relatively slight consistency or viscosity: thin soup. 1
  • adjective thin rarefied, as air. 1
  • adjective thin without solidity or substance; flimsy: a very thin plot for such a long book. 1
  • adjective thin lacking fullness or volume; weak and shrill: a thin voice. 1
  • adjective thin without force or a sincere effort: a thin smile. 1
  • adjective thin lacking body, richness, or strength: a thin wine. 1
  • adjective thin lacking in chroma; of light tint. 1
  • adjective thin Photography. (of a developed negative) lacking in density or contrast through underdevelopment or underexposure. 1
  • adverb thin in a thin manner. 1
  • adverb thin sparsely; not densely. 1
  • adverb thin so as to produce something thin: Slice the ham thin. 1
  • adjective thin Something that is thin is much narrower than it is long. 0
  • adjective thin A person or animal that is thin has no extra fat on their body . 0
  • adjective thin Something such as paper or cloth that is thin is flat and has only a very small distance between its two opposite surfaces. 0
  • adjective thin Liquids that are thin are weak and watery. 0
  • adjective thin A crowd or audience that is thin does not have many people in it. 0
  • graded adjective thin A thin smile is one that is not friendly or humorous. 0
  • adjective thin Thin clothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear. 0
  • adjective thin If you describe an argument or explanation as thin, you mean that it is weak and difficult to believe. 0
  • graded adjective thin A voice or sound that is thin is high-pitched and not very loud. 0
  • adjective thin If someone's hair is described as thin, they do not have a lot of hair. 0
  • verb thin When you thin something or when it thins, it becomes less crowded because people or things have been removed from it. 0
  • verb thin Thin out means the same as thin. 0
  • verb thin To thin a sauce or liquid means to make it weaker and more watery by adding another liquid to it. 0
  • verb thin Thin down means the same as thin. 0
  • verb thin If a man's hair is thinning, it has begun to fall out. 0
  • adjective thin of relatively small extent from one side or surface to the other; fine or narrow 0
  • adjective thin slim or lean 0
  • adjective thin sparsely placed; meagre 0
  • adjective thin of relatively low density or viscosity 0
  • adjective thin weak; poor; insufficient 0
  • adjective thin (of a photographic negative) having low density, usually insufficient to produce a satisfactory positive 0
  • adjective thin a climb or pitch on which the holds are few and small 0
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