thin
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
- thin wire
- a thin chiffon blouse
- a thin book
Similar word(s): lean, thin, bladed, capillary, hairlike, compressed, flat, depressed, cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, filamentlike, filamentous, filiform, threadlike, thready, fine, light, hyperfine, papery, ribbonlike, ribbony, sleazy, slender, tenuous, narrow
2. lacking excess flesh
- you can't be too rich or too thin
Similar word(s): ectomorphic, anorectic, anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, lank, spindly, rawboned, reedlike, reedy, twiggy, twiglike, scarecrowish, boney, bony, scraggly, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy, shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened, slender, slight, slim, svelte, spare, trim, stringy, wiry, sylphic, sylphlike, wisplike, wispy, thin, lean
3. very narrow
- a thin line across the page
Similar word(s): narrow, slender
4. not dense
- a thin beard
Similar word(s): distributed, sparse
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
Similar word(s): tenuous, rare, rarefied, rarified
6. (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- a thin feeble cry
Similar word(s): pale
7. lacking spirit or sincere effort
- a thin smile
Similar word(s): spiritless
8. lacking substance or significance
- a thin plot
Similar word(s): insignificant, unimportant, flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous
Sentences with thin as an adjective:
- thin plate of metal
- thin paper
- thin board
- thin covering
- thin string
- thin person
- The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
- a thin disguise
adverb
1. without viscosity
- the blood was flowing thin
Similar word(s): thinly
Sentences with thin as an adverb:
- seed sown thin
noun
1. (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
2. Any food produced or served in thin slices.
- chocolate mint thins
- potato thins
verb
1. lose thickness; become thin or thinner
Definition categories: change, turn
2. make thin or thinner
- Thin the solution
Definition categories: change, cut, reduce, trim
3. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Similar word(s): cut, dilute, reduce
Definition categories: change, weaken
4. take off weight
Similar word(s): reduce, slenderize, slim