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Thin

adjective
(compar. thinner; superl. thinnest)
1.
Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section.  "A thin chiffon blouse" , "A thin book" , "A thin layer of paint"
2.
Lacking excess flesh.  Synonym: lean.  "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"
3.
Very narrow.  Synonym: slender.
4.
Not dense.  Synonym: sparse.  "Trees were sparse"
5.
Relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous.  "A thin soup" , "Skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk" , "Thin oil"
6.
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume.
7.
Lacking spirit or sincere effort.
8.
Lacking substance or significance.  Synonyms: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous.  "A tenuous argument" , "A thin plot" , "A fragile claim to fame"
verb
(past & past part. thinned; pres. part. thinning)
1.
Lose thickness; become thin or thinner.
2.
Make thin or thinner.
3.
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.  Synonyms: cut, dilute, reduce, thin out.
4.
Take off weight.  Synonyms: lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down.
adverb
1.
Without viscosity.  Synonym: thinly.



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"Thin" Quotes from Famous Books



... he was amused at this infamous meal, fell back upon a thin wine which rasped his throat, and resignedly drank coffee which left a sediment of peat at ...
— En Route • J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
... and the thin silver-spoons, the young couple set up housekeeping in the 'garret end of the earth.' Their first difficulty was to know how money could be obtained to begin with, for Mrs. Smith's small fortune was settled on herself by her husband's wish. Two rows of pearls ...
— The Wits and Beaux of Society - Volume 2 • Grace & Philip Wharton
... of a brook (but originally, of some locality near the brook) in Catskill, N.Y.,[5] is kiskato-minak-auke, 'place of thin-shelled ...
— The Composition of Indian Geographical Names - Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages • J. Hammond Trumbull
... lorgnette with much the same impersonal interest as she would accord to actors on the boards, wore a gown of azure satin trimmed with lace whose like was not to be found in the markets of the world. Her hair was elaborately dressed, and her thin neck sufficiently covered by a curious old collar of pearls set with tiny miniatures. Careless as she was by day, it often suited her to be very smart indeed by night. She looked brilliant; and Jack Emory, who had ...
— Senator North • Gertrude Atherton
... Curator, smiling. 'Suffer me now to acquire merit. We be craftsmen together, thou and I. Here is a new book of white English paper: here be sharpened pencils two and three—thick and thin, all good for a scribe. Now ...
— Kim • Rudyard Kipling


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