thin
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(r) without viscosity
- the blood was flowing thin
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(a) 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
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(a) lacking excess flesh
- you can't be too rich or too thin
- Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look -Shakespeare
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(s) very narrow
- a thin line across the page
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(s) not dense
- a thin beard
- trees were sparse
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(a) 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
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(a) (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- a thin feeble cry
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(s) lacking spirit or sincere effort
- a thin smile
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(s) lacking substance or significance
- slight evidence
- a tenuous argument
- a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame
Verbs
- (v) lose thickness; become thin or thinner
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(v) make thin or thinner
- Thin the solution
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(v) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- cut bourbon
- (v) take off weight lose weight, melt off, slim, slim down, slenderize, reduce,
Synonyms
thinly lean dilute thin out reduce cut slender sparse lose weight melt off slim slim down slenderize slight flimsy fragile tenuousAntonyms
thick thickly thicken inspissate fat gain put on fullSee also
narrow lean ectomorphicWords of close approximity
thin air
thin-bodied
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