What is the meaning of the word "thin"?
Definitions:
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lacking excess flesh adjective
- You can't be too rich or too thin.
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lacking spirit or sincere effort adjective
- Their thin smile hid something more sinister.
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lacking substance or significance adjective
- Your argument is thin.
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not very dense adjective
- They have thin beards.
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of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section adjective
- I used a thin wire to tie the parts together.
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of sound, lacking resonance or volume adjective
- The cat gave a thin feeble cry.
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relatively thin in consistency or low in density adjective
- This grain is rather thin.
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to lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture verb
- We need to thin out this Bloody Mary mix a bit.
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to lose thickness verb
- My hair is thinning.
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to make thin or thinner verb
- We should thin out the herd.
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to take off weight verb
- I am thinning nicely thanks to my new diet.
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very narrow adjective
- I drew a thin line across the page.
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without viscosity adverb
- The blood was flowing thin.
Synonyms:
- cut
- dilute
- flimsy
- fragile
- lean
- lose weight
- melt off
- reduce
- slender
- slenderise
- slenderize
- slight
- slim
- slim down
- sparse
- tenuous
- thin out
- thinly