English- translations for thin

Definition of thin

  • Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite
  • Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions
  • Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt
  • Of low viscosity or low specific gravity
  • Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space
  • Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe
  • Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering
  • A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole
  • To make thin or thinner
  • To dilute
  • Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state

Examples

  • thin plate of metal;  thin paper;  thin board;  thin covering
  • thin wire;  thin string
  • thin person
  • Water is thinner than honey.
  • The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
  • a thin disguise
  • chocolate mint thins
  • potato thins
  • The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
  • seed sown thin

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