thin, slender, slim, slight, tenuous mean not thick, broad, abundant, or dense. thin implies comparatively little extension between surfaces or in diameter, or it may imply lack of substance, richness, or abundance.
THIN definition: having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick. See examples of thin used in a sentence.
THIN definition: 1. having a small distance between two opposite sides: 2. (of the body) with little flesh on the…. Learn more.
- In a thin manner: Spread the varnish thin if you don't want it to wrinkle. 2. So as to be thin: Cut the cheese thin.
thin (third-person singular simple present thins, present participle thinning, simple past and past participle thinned) (transitive) To make thin or thinner. quotations
v. to make thin or thinner: [~ + object] Thin the gravy by adding more water to it.[no object; (~ + down)] The gravy will thin if you add too much water to it. He wants to thin down before summer. to become lower in number or less:[no object; (~ + out)] The crowd thinned (out) as the rain poured down. thin ly, adv. thin ness, n. [uncountable]
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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. Synonyms: meagre, sparse, scanty, poor More Synonyms of thin
Very narrow in all diameters; slender; slim; long and fine: as, a thin wire; a thin string. Very narrow in one diameter; having the opposite surfaces very near together; having little thickness or depth; not thick; not heavy: as, thin paper; thin boards: opposed to thick.