Etymology : Middle English thinne, from Old English thynne; akin to Old High German dunni thin, Latin tenuis thin, tenEre to hold, tendere to stretch, Greek teinein
Pronunciation : thin
Function : adjective
Date : before 12th century
1. make thin or thinner, dilute, make weak; become thin or thinner, become diluted. flimsy, skinny; small; sheer, transparent. thinclient.
2. 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.
3. Rare; not dense or thick; applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
4. 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.
5. Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
6. Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
7. Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
8. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
9. Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
10. To make thin.
11. 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. make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" lose thickness; become thin or thinner lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry" lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile" 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" 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".
12. 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.
13. A person or animal that is thin has no extra fat on their body . He was a tall, thin man with grey hair ¡Ù fat + thinness thin·ness There was something familiar about him, his fawn raincoat, his thinness, the way he moved.
14. 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 ¡Ù thick + thinly thin·ly Peel and thinly slice the onion.
15. Liquids that are thin are weak and watery. The soup was thin and clear, yet mysteriously rich ¡Ù thick.
16. 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. + thinly thin·ly The island is thinly populated.
17. Thin clothes are made from light cloth and are not warm to wear. Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold. ¡Ù thick + thinly thin·ly Mrs Brown wrapped the thinly clad man in her fur coat.
18. 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 ¡Ù strong + thinly thin·ly Much of the speech was a thinly disguised attack on British Airways.
19. 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. ¡Ù thick.
20. 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. Thin out means the same as thin. 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.
21. 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 Thin down means the same as thin. Thin down your mayonnaise with soured cream or natural yoghurt.
22. 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. thin on top: see:
top.
23. 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.
24. on thin ice: see:
ice thin air: see air.
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