Meaning of 'thin'

adverb

without viscosity

Example: "The blood was flowing thin."

Synonyms: thinly

adjective

not very dense

Example: "They have thin beards."

Synonyms: sparse

adjective

lacking excess flesh

Example: "You can't be too rich or too thin."

Synonyms: lean

adjective

of sound, lacking resonance or volume

Example: "The cat gave a thin feeble cry."

adjective

lacking substance or significance

Example: "Your argument is thin."

Synonyms: flimsy fragile slight tenuous

adjective

lacking spirit or sincere effort

Example: "Their thin smile hid something more sinister."

adjective

of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

Example: "I used a thin wire to tie the parts together."

adjective

relatively thin in consistency or low in density

Example: "This grain is rather thin."

adjective

very narrow

Example: "I drew a thin line across the page."

Synonyms: slender

verb

to take off weight

Example: "I am thinning nicely thanks to my new diet."

Synonyms: slim reduce melt off lose weight slenderise slenderize slim down

verb

to lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Example: "We need to thin out this Bloody Mary mix a bit."

Synonyms: cut dilute reduce thin out

verb

to make thin or thinner

Example: "We should thin out the herd."

verb

to lose thickness

Example: "My hair is thinning."