thin

Verb · Adjective · Adverb

Synonyms: dilute thin out reduce cut melt off lose weight slim slenderize slim down lean slender sparse

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

lose thickness; become thin or thinner
make thin or thinner“Thin the solution”
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture“cut bourbon”Synonyms: dilute thin out reduce cut
take off weightSynonyms: reduce melt off lose weight slim slenderize slim down

Adjective (8)

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”
lacking excess flesh“you can't be too rich or too thin”“Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look — Shakespeare”Synonyms: lean
very narrow“a thin line across the page”Synonyms: slender
not dense“a thin beard”“trees were sparse”Synonyms: sparse
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”
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume“a thin feeble cry”
lacking spirit or sincere effort“a thin smile”
lacking substance or significance; a fragile claim to fame"“slight evidence”“a tenuous argument”“a thin plot”Synonyms: flimsy fragile slight tenuous

Adverb (1)

without viscosity“the blood was flowing thin”Synonyms: thinly

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

In the day, when the air is more thin.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

Satan, bowing low His gray dissimulation, disappeared, Into thin air diffused.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

4.Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness. [1913 Webster]

Seven thin ears . . . blasted with the east wind.— Gen. xli. 6.[1913 Webster]

5.Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease. [1913 Webster]

6.Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full. [1913 Webster]

Thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

7.Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise. [1913 Webster]

My tale is done, for my wit is but thin.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Thin section. See under Section. [1913 Webster]

Thin \Thin\, adv. Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin. [1913 Webster]

Spain is thin sown of people. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

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). [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]