What (who) is Thin - definition
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Thin (disambiguation)
thin
(thinner, thinnest, thins, thinning, thinned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is thin is much narrower than it is long.
A thin cable carries the signal to a computer...
James's face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.
ADJ
2.
A person or animal that is thin has no extra fat on their body .
He was a tall, thin man with grey hair...
? fat
ADJ
• thinness
There was something familiar about him, his fawn raincoat, his thinness, the way he moved.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
Something such as paper or cloth that is thin is flat and has only a very small distance between its two opposite surfaces.
...a small, blue-bound book printed in fine type on thin paper...
? thick
ADJ
• thinly
Peel and thinly slice the onion...
ADV: ADV with v
4.
Liquids that are thin are weak and watery.
The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich...
? thick
ADJ
5.
A crowd or audience that is thin does not have many people in it.
The crowd, which had been thin for the first half of the race, had now grown considerably.
ADJ
• thinly
The island is thinly populated.
ADV: ADV -ed
6.
Thin clothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear.
Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold.
? thick
ADJ
• thinly
Mrs Brown wrapped the thinly clad man in her fur coat.
ADV: ADV adj/-ed
7.
If you describe an argument or explanation as thin, you mean that it is weak and difficult to believe.
However, the evidence is thin and, to some extent, ambiguous...
= weak
? strong
ADJ
• thinly
Much of the speech was a thinly disguised attack on British Airways.
ADV: usu ADV -ed, also ADV before v
8.
If someone's hair is described as thin, they do not have a lot of hair.
She had pale thin yellow hair she pulled back into a bun.
? thick
ADJ
9.
When you thin something or when it thins, it becomes less crowded because people or things have been removed from it.
It would have been better to have thinned the trees over several winters rather than all at one time...
By midnight the crowd had thinned.
VERB: V n, V
•
NATO will continue to thin out its forces...
When the crowd began to thin out, I realized that most of the food was still there...
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P
10.
To thin a sauce or liquid means to make it weaker and more watery by adding another liquid to it.
It may be necessary to thin the sauce slightly...
VERB: V n
•
Thin down your mayonnaise with soured cream or natural yoghurt.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)
11.
If a man's hair is thinning, it has begun to fall out.
His hair is thinning and his skin has lost all hint of youth.
VERB: V
12.
If someone's patience, for example, is wearing thin, they are beginning to become impatient or angry with someone.
Parliament has not yet begun to combat the deepening economic crisis, and public patience is wearing thin.
PHRASE
13.
thin
I. a.
1.
Not thick (in measure).
2.
Slender, slim, meagre, lean, poor, gaunt, scraggy, skinny, lank, scrawny, shrunk, emaciated.
3.
Meagre, poor, slender, not well-grown.
4.
Fine, slender, small, tenuous, delicate, thread-like, fine-spun.
5.
Rare, subtile, attenuated, dilute, tenuous.
6.
Sparse, scanty.
7.
Slight, flimsy, light, gossamery, delicate, unsubstantial.
8.
Small, fine, faint, low, feeble, slight, light.
II. v. a.
1.
Make thin.
2.
Rarefy, attenuate, dilute, make less dense.
Thin
·superl Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
II. Thin ·vt To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
III. Thin ·superl Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
IV. Thin ·adv Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
V. Thin ·superl Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
VI. Thin ·superl Rare; not dense or thick;
- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
VII. Thin ·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.
VIII. Thin ·superl Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
IX. Thin ·vi 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.
X. Thin ·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.
Wikipedia
Thin
Thin may refer to:
- a lean body shape. (See also: emaciation, underweight)
- Thin (film), a 2006 HBO documentary about eating disorders
- Paper Thin (disambiguation), referring to multiple songs
- Thin (web server), a Ruby web-server based on Mongrel
- Thin (name)
Pronunciation examples for Thin
1. Thin slice!-- very thin.
Celebrating Lunar New Year _ Chef Martin Yan & Guests _ Talks at Google
2. being two millimeters thin, quite thin.
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3. paper-thin.
Susan Spungen _ Open Kitchen - Inspired Food for Casual Gatherings _ Talks at Google
4. It's thin.
The Seasonal Jewish Kitchen _ Amelia Saltsman _ Talks at Google
5. thin, dehydrated.
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Examples of use of Thin
1. Others arrested were Aung Htoo and Thin Thin Aye, also known as Mie Mie.
2. Others arrested included Aung Htoo and Thin Thin Aye, also known as Mie Mie.
3. From Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke, David Bowie has always been rakishly thin.
4. Thin?: You still need to workout If you are naturally thin and assume you don‘t need to exercise, think again.
5. WAFER–THIN PACEMAN Both saw something in the wafer–thin paceman that others had missed and pushed for his promotion.