THIN
\θˈɪn], \θˈɪn], \θ_ˈɪ_n]\
Definitions of THIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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take off weight
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very narrow; "a thin line across the page"
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lose thickness; become thin or thinner
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(of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
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lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
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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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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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make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
By Princeton University
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take off weight
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very narrow; "a thin line across the page"
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lose thickness; become thin or thinner
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(of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
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lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
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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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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
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Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
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Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
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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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Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
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To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
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Rare; not dense or thick; - applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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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Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
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Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
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Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
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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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Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
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To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
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Rare; not dense or thick; - applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Not thick; slim; slender; of little diameter; as, a thin tree trunk; not dense; as, thin smoke; not crowded; rare, as the air; slight; meager; flimsy, as cloth; wanting substance; shrill, as the voice.
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Not thickly.
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To make less thick.
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To grow less thick.
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Thinly.
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Thinness.
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Thinner.
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Thinest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Thinly.
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Thinness.
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Having little thickness: slim: lean: freely mobile: small: fine: not close or crowded: not full or well grown.
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Not thickly or closely: in a scattered state.
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To make thin: to make less close or crowded: to make rare or less thick or dense:-pr.p. thinning; pa.t. and pa.p. thinned.
By Daniel Lyons