Thin
Definition of Thin
| a. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Rare; not dense or thick; - applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.In the day, when the air is more thin. - Bacon. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness. | | 5. | Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease. | | 6. | Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full. | | 7. | Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise. | | adv. | 1. | Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin. | | v. t. | 1. | To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective). | | v. i. | 1. | 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. |
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