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Verb | 1. | thin - lose thickness; become thin or thinner change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" thicken, inspissate - become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate" |
2. | thin - make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" draw - reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die; "draw wire" thicken, inspissate - make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch" | |
3. | thin - lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body" water down - make less strong or intense; "water down the mixture" | |
4. | ![]() sweat off - lose weight by sweating; "I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" | |
Adj. | 1. | thin - 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" lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" thick - not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets" |
2. | thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare ectomorphic - having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs thin - 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" fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" | |
3. | thin - very narrow; "a thin line across the page" narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" | |
4. | thin - not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up | |
5. | thin - 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" thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" | |
6. | thin - (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry" full - (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice" | |
7. | thin - lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile" spiritless - lacking ardor or vigor or energy; "a spiritless reply to criticism" | |
8. | thin - lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" unimportant, insignificant - devoid of importance, meaning, or force | |
Adv. | 1. | thin - without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" |