Definition:
- (superl.) 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.
- (superl.) Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
- (superl.) 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.
- (superl.) Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
- (superl.) Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
- (superl.) Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- (superl.) Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
- (adv.) Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
- (v. t.) To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
- (v. i.) 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.
Compare thin with other words:
density vs. thin
tain vs. thin
thin vs. whin
hin vs. thin
thin vs. thon
thin vs. twin
shin vs. thin
than vs. thin
then vs. thin
chin vs. thin
thin vs. thine
thin vs. think
thin vs. tin
thin vs. this
emaciated vs. thin
thin vs. ticken
thin vs. tick
object vs. thin
thin vs. viscous
lank vs. thin
frail vs. thin
haggard vs. thin
marceline vs. thin
tenuate vs. thin
attenuant vs. thin
stalky vs. thin
spinner vs. thin
thin vs. thinnish
subtle vs. thin
thin vs. veneer
osseous vs. thin
kelt vs. thin
spinny vs. thin
scrag vs. thin
matchstick vs. thin
interleaf vs. thin
rawboned vs. thin
thin vs. thinness
thin vs. thinly
gracile vs. thin
meagre vs. thin
lithe vs. thin
emaciate vs. thin
thin vs. thing
macilent vs. thin
deposition vs. thin
lamina vs. thin
slink vs. thin
meager vs. thin
gild vs. thin
gauzy vs. thin
shaving vs. thin
tabular vs. thin
penurious vs. thin
thin vs. virgate
gruel vs. thin
shingle vs. thin
thin vs. trickle
bony vs. thin
attenuate vs. thin
pecan vs. thin
kink vs. thin
efface vs. thin
drum vs. thin
gaunt vs. thin
dense vs. thin
shave vs. thin
attenuation vs. thin
lanky vs. thin
content vs. thin
spare vs. thin
slice vs. thin
sheer vs. thin
disc vs. thin
diaphanous vs. thin
rarefy vs. thin
brayer vs. thin
slinky vs. thin
disk vs. thin
cracker vs. thin
lath vs. thin
rare vs. thin
starveling vs. thin
film vs. thin
delicate vs. thin
scarecrow vs. thin
needle vs. thin
ductile vs. thin
malleable vs. thin
thin vs. wide
deep vs. thin
stick vs. thin
plant vs. thin
remove vs. thin
thin vs. thinner
thick vs. thin
dilute vs. thin
lightweight vs. thin
fine vs. thin
thin vs. waifish
slender vs. thin
reedy vs. thin
thin vs. toe
shank vs. thin
fat vs. thin
gravity vs. thin
thin vs. viscosity
golf vs. thin
thickness vs. thin
surface vs. thin
narrow vs. thin
extent vs. thin
skinny vs. thin
slim vs. thin