thin in English

adjective

1

having opposite surfaces or sides close together; of little thickness or depth.

thin slices of bread

synonyms: narrow, fine, attenuated

2

having few parts or members relative to the area covered or filled; sparse.

a depressingly thin crowd

synonyms: sparse, scanty, wispy, thinning

3

(of a sound) faint and high-pitched.

a thin, reedy little voice

synonyms: weak, faint, feeble, small, soft, reedy

verb

1

make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous.

the remorseless fire of archers thinned their ranks

synonyms: disperse, dissipate, scatter, become less dense, become less in number, decrease, diminish, dwindle

2

make or become smaller in width or thickness.

their effect in thinning the ozone layer is probably slowing the global warming trend

3

hit (a ball) above its center.

The lie was not great and the shot was slightly thinned , the ball finishing as much as 40 feet past the cup.

adverb

1

with little thickness or depth.

thin-sliced ham

suffix

1

denoting a specified degree of thinness.

gossamer-thin

adjective

narrow, fine, attenuated
lightweight, light, fine, delicate, floaty, flimsy, diaphanous, gossamer, insubstantial, sheer, gauzy, filmy, transparent, see-through, paper-thin
slim, lean, slender, rangy, willowy, svelte, sylphlike, spare, slight, skinny, underweight, scrawny, waiflike, scraggy, bony, angular, rawboned, hollow-cheeked, gaunt, skin-and-bones, emaciated, skeletal, wasted, pinched, undernourished, underfed, lanky, spindly, gangly, gangling, weedy, size-zero, anorexic, (looking) like a bag of bones
sparse, scanty, wispy, thinning
watery, weak, dilute, diluted, runny
weak, faint, feeble, small, soft, reedy
insubstantial, flimsy, slight, feeble, lame, poor, weak, tenuous, inadequate, insufficient, unconvincing, unbelievable, implausible
sparse
lean
slender
slight, tenuous, flimsy, fragile

verb

dilute, disperse, reduce
dilute, water down, weaken
disperse, dissipate, scatter, become less dense, become less in number, decrease, diminish, dwindle
reduce, thin out, cut, dilute
reduce, lose weight, slenderize, melt off, slim, slim down

adverb

thinly
thinly

Use "thin" in a sentence

1. Andesite in Thin Section Thin Section GigaPans

2. Biotite in Thin Section Thin Section GigaPans

3. PostScript name: , Brans-Thin PostScript full name: , Brans Thin

4. Thin albumen

5. Nerves wore thin.”

6. 5 That cold wind, thin body, thin despicably thin quilt ... filled the fluttering snowflakes, so that I can not think of going.

7. To smack (thin air)

8. She was pitifully thin.

9. Cymbals may also be described as thin, paper-thin, light, medium, or heavy

10. Danger!Thin ice.Keep away.

11. She was pathetically thin.

12. Augite (thin section) View Description

13. Anorthosite (cont.) 2 Thin Sections

14. Mom, you look so thin.

15. His body is too thin.

16. He looked thin and serious .

17. Thin ice filmed the lake.

18. Blond, with a thin mustache.

19. Already stretched pretty thin, Finch.

20. Get me some thin mints.

21. The child was pitifully thin.

22. Apatite (thin section) View Description

23. Serving Through Thick and Thin

24. Thin film of abo¿3?

25. She sliced the bread thin.

26. Accentors have thin sharp bills

27. They look thin and weak.

28. The thin glass is fragile.

29. Semiconductor thin film, method for producing same, thin film transistor and active-matrix-driven display panel

30. Cravings Thin Crust Artisan Pizzas

31. Adder Allowances for Thin Clients

32. The dog was pitifully thin.

33. A two-liquid hard surface cleaner contains a thin alkaline liquid and a thin acidic liquid.

34. You were so thin... and fragile.

35. The old horse was painfully thin.

36. Leave a thin covering of fat.

37. Durant was thin, mournful and silent.

38. Helen's hands were thin and veined.

39. They’ll use a Colonoscope, a thin, …

40. Slate splits easily into thin sheets.

41. The fog is beginning to thin.

42. She has an impossibly thin waist.

43. Her illness left her very thin.

44. Compare thin, skinny , underweight , slim, etc.

45. Cracker definition, a thin, crisp biscuit

46. Aiming Technique for Thin Cut Shots

47. He's as thin as a sparrow.

48. Slice lamb into thin diagonal slices.

49. Determining a material property of a thin film of a material with an acoustic thin film resonator

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