Overview of verb thin

The verb thin has 4 senses

• thin -- (lose thickness; become thin or thinner)


• thin -- (make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution")


• dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut -- (lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon")


• reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down -- (take off weight)

Overview of adj thin

The adj thin has 8 senses

• 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")


• thin, lean -- (lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare)


• slender, thin -- (very narrow; "a thin line across the page")


• sparse, thin -- (not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse")


• 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")


• thin -- ((of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry")


• thin -- (lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile")


• flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin -- (lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame")

Overview of adv thin

The adv thin has 1 sense

• thinly, thin -- (without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin")