Thin
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Thin
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1 superl.
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.
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2 superl.
Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
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3 superl.
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.
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4 superl.
Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
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5 superl.
Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
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6 superl.
Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
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7 superl.
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
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8 adv.
Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
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9 v. t.
To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
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10 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.
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11 superl.
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.
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12 superl.
Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
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13 superl.
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.
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14 superl.
Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
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15 superl.
Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
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16 superl.
Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
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17 superl.
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
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18 adv.
Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
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19 v. t.
To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
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20 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.