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thin is the dictionary form of thiner Definition of thin
1
[ adjective ] of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

Examples

"thin wire" "a thin chiffon blouse" "a thin book" "a thin layer of paint"

2
[ adjective ] lacking excess flesh

Synonyms

lean

Examples

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

3
[ adjective ] very narrow

Synonyms

slender

Examples

"a thin line across the page"

4
[ adjective ] having little substance or significance

Synonyms

slight tenuous flimsy

Examples

"a flimsy excuse" "slight evidence" "a tenuous argument" "a thin plot"

5
[ verb ] lose thickness; become thin or thinner
6
[ adjective ] not dense

Synonyms

sparse

Examples

"a thin beard" "trees were sparse"

7
[ adjective ] relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous

Examples

"air is thin at high altitudes" "a thin soup" "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk" "thin oil"

8
[ adjective ] lacking spirit or sincere effort

Examples

"a thin smile"

9
[ verb ] lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Synonyms

dilute cut reduce thin_out

Examples

"cut bourbon"

10
[ adverb ] without viscosity

Synonyms

thinly

Examples

"the blood was flowing thin"

11
[ adjective ] (of sound) lacking resonance or volume

Examples

"a thin feeble cry"

12
[ verb ] make thin or thinner

Examples

"Thin the solution"

13
[ verb ] take off weight

Synonyms

melt_off lose_weight slim slenderize slim_down reduce

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thinner thenar Tiner twiner thin_air

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