thin

Definitions

1. 1superlative

   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.

2. 2superlative

   Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.

3. 3superlative

   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.

4. 4superlative

   Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.

5. 5superlative

   Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.

6. 6superlative

   Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

7. 7superlative

   Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.

8. 8adverb

   Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.

9. 9transitive verb

   To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

10. 10intransitive verb

    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.

11. 11verb

    take off weight

    Synonyms

    reduceslenderizeslim
12. 12verb

    lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

    "cut bourbon"

    Synonyms

    cutdilutereduce
13. 13verb

    make thin or thinner

    "Thin the solution"

14. 14verb

    lose thickness; become thin or thinner

15. 15adjective

    not dense

    "a thin beard"

    "trees were sparse"

    Synonyms

    sparse
16. 16adjective

    lacking excess flesh-Shakespeare

    "you can't be too rich or too thin"

    "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"

    Synonyms

    lean
17. 17adjective

    (of sound) lacking resonance or volume

    "a thin feeble cry"

18. 18adjective

    lacking substance or significance; a fragile claim to fame"

    "slight evidence"

    "a tenuous argument"

    Synonyms

    flimsyfragileslighttenuous
19. 19adjective

    lacking spirit or sincere effort

    "a thin smile"

20. 20adjective

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

    "thin wire"

    "a thin chiffon blouse"

21. 21adjective

    relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous

    "air is thin at high altitudes"

    "a thin soup"

22. 22adjective

    very narrow

    "a thin line across the page"

    Synonyms

    slender
23. 23adverb

    without viscosity

    "the blood was flowing thin"

    Synonyms

    thinly