Thin

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