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English

Pronunciation


Etymology

Old English þynne

Adjective

  1. Slim, narrow in size, and (of a person or animal) usually carrying little fat.
  2. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
  3. scarce|Scarce.
  4. Overly strict.
  5. A poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.


Synonyms


Antonyms


Translations

  • Finnish: ohut (things), hoikka, solakka, laiha (living creatures)
  • French:
  • Hungarian: ,
  • Japanese: In the Context of {{t+|ja|薄い|tr=usui|sc=Jpan}}, In the Context of {{t+|ja|細い|tr=hosoi|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|باریک|tr=bAreek|sc=KUchar}}, {{t|ku|ته‌نک|tr=tanik|sc=KUchar}}
  • Russian: тонкий (tónkij), тощий (tóš'ij) of a man or animal
  • Swedish: mager (person or animal), slank (person or animal), smal, tunn
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|řídký|m}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • Hungarian:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|薄い|tr=usui|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|稀な|tr=mare na|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|شل|tr=shil|sc=KUchar}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|жидкий|tr=žídkij|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|薄い|tr=usui|sc=Jpan}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|シャンクした|tr=shanku shita|sc=Jpan}}

See also


Verb

{{en-verb|thins|thinning|thinned}}

  1. To make thin or thinner
  2. To become thin or thinner
  3. To dilute


Translations

  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|削る|tr=kezuru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Japanese: In the Context of {{t|ja|痩せる|tr=yaseru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|薄める|tr=usumeru|sc=Jpan}}

Category:1000 English basic words

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft
mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air. --Shak.
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In the day, when the air is more thin. --Bacon.
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Satan, bowing low
His gray dissimulation, disappeared,
Into thin air diffused. --Milton.
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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.
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Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.
--Addison.
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4. Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
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Seven thin ears . . . blasted with the east wind.
--Gen. xli. 6.
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5. Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person
becomes thin by disease.
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6. Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
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Thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams.
--Dryden.
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7. 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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My tale is done, for my wit is but thin. --Chaucer.
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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.
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Thin section. See under Section.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thin \Thin\, adv.
Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown
thin.
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Spain is thin sown of people. --Bacon.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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).
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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WordNet thin
adj 1: 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" [ant:
thick]
2: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin";
"Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare [syn:
lean] [ant: fat]
3: very narrow; "a thin line across the page" [syn: slender]
4: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse";
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
[syn: flimsy, slight, tenuous]
5: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn: sparse]
6: 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"
[ant: thick]
7: (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
[ant: full]
8: lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
adv : without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn: thinly]
[ant: thickly]
v 1: lose thickness; become thin or thinner [ant: thicken]
2: make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" [ant: thicken]
3: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut
bourbon" [syn: dilute, thin out, reduce, cut]
4: take off weight [syn: reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim,
slenderize, slim down] [ant: gain]
[also: thinning, thinned, thinnest, thinner]
Moby Dictionary
Lenten , Sanforize , Sanforized , Spartan , a bit thick , a bit thin ,
abate , abrade , abstemious , abstract , absurd , acute , adulterate ,
adulterated , airy , ankle-deep , argute , ascetic , atomic , attenuate ,
attenuated , austere , backset , baptize , bate , beyond belief ,
blow off , bony , boyish , cadaverous , cast forth , cheeseparing ,
chiffon , chinchy , chintzy , clear , clear as crystal , clear away ,
colliquate , consume , consumed , corky , corpuscular , creaky , crystal ,
crystal-clear , crystalline , cultivate , culture , cursory , curtail ,
cut , cut down , dainty , dead , decoagulate , decoct , decrease , deduct ,
deficient , delicate , deliquesce , delve , depreciate , depthless ,
derogate , detract , diaphane , diaphanous , diffuse , dig , dilute ,
diluted , diminish , disparage , dispel , dispersed , dissipate ,
dissolve , doubtable , doubtful , drain , draw out , dress , dried-up ,
drive away , dry up , dubious , dubitable , dwarfed , dwarfish ,
ear-piercing , eat away , emacerate , emacerated , emaciate , emaciated ,
embryonic , epidermal , erode , ethereal , etherealize , evanescent ,
evaporate , exiguous , expand , extenuate , extract , fade , fallow ,
feeble , fertilize , file away , filmy , fine , finespun , flat ,
flavorless , flimsy , fluidify , fluidize , flux , force , fragile ,
frail , frugal , fuse , gangling , gaseous , gaunt , gauzy , germinal ,
girlish , gossamer , gossamery , gracile , granular , gruelly ,
half-starved , hard of belief , hard to believe , harrow , high ,
high-pitched , hoe , hold in solution , howling , impair , impalpable ,
imperceptible , implausible , imponderable , impoverished , improbable ,
inadequate , inane , inappreciable , inconceivable , incredible ,
indifferent , indiscernible , infinitesimal , infrequent , infuse ,
insipid , insubstantial , insufficient , intangible , invisible ,
irrigate , jejune , keen , keening , knee-deep , lacy , lame , lank ,
lanky , leach , lean , lessen , light , light-pervious , limited , limpid ,
liquefy , liquesce , liquidize , list , lixiviate , lucid , macerate ,
meager , meagerly , mean , melt , melt down , microcosmic , microscopic ,
mild , milk-and-water , miserly , misty , molecular , mulch , narrow ,
niggardly , nonopaque , not deep , not deserving belief ,
on the surface , open to doubt , open to suspicion , paltry , papery ,
pappy , parch , parched , parsimonious , passing belief , peekaboo ,
pellucid , penetrating , percolate , piddling , piercing , pinched ,
piping , plow , poor , preposterous , preshrink , preshrunk ,
problematic , prune , pulpy , puny , purify , questionable , rake , rare ,
rarefied , rarefy , reduce , reedy , refine , refined , remove , retrench ,
revealing , ridiculous , rub away , run , sapless , savorless , scant ,
scantily , scanty , scarce , scattered , scraggy , scrawny , screaky ,
screeching , screechy , scrimp , scrimping , scrimpy , sear ,
see-through , seldom met with , seldom seen , shallow , shallow-rooted ,
sharp , sharpen , sheer , shoal , shorten , shrieking , shrieky , shrill ,
shrink , shrivel , shriveled , shriveled up , shrunk , shrunken , silken ,
silky , skeletal , skimp , skimping , skimpy , skin-deep , skinny ,
slender , slenderish , slight , slight-made , slim , slimmish , slinky ,
small , solubilize , solve , spade , spare , sparing , sparingly , sparse ,
sparsely , spiceless , spindly , spotty , sprinkled , squeaking ,
squeaky , staggering belief , stale , starvation , stingy , stinted ,
straitened , stunted , subatomic , subduct , subsistence , subtile ,
subtilize , subtle , subtract , superficial , surface , suspect ,
suspicious , svelte , sylphlike , take away , take from , tall ,
tasteless , tenuous , thaw , thick , thin , thin away , thin down ,
thin out , thin-bodied , thin-set , thin-spun , thinned , thinned-out ,
thinnish , threadlike , tight , till , till the soil , translucent ,
transparent , transpicuous , treble , trim , trivial , twiggy ,
ultramicroscopic , ululant , unbelievable , unclot , unclouded ,
uncommon , uncompact , uncompressed , unconvincing , underfed ,
undernourished , undersized , underweight , unearthly , unflavored ,
ungodly , unimaginable , unimportant , unnourishing , unnutritious ,
unprofound , unsatisfying , unsavory , unseeable , unsubstantial ,
untenable , unthinkable , unusual , unworthy of belief , vague , vapid ,
vaporous , volatilize , wailing , washy , wasp-waisted , waste ,
waste away , wasted , wasted away , water , water down , watered ,
watered-down , waterish , watery , weak , weaken , wear away , weazen ,
weazened , weed , weed out , whining , whistling , willowy , windy ,
wiredrawn , wishy-washy , wispy , withdraw , wither , withered , wizen ,
wizen-faced , wizened , work , worthless


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