thin

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thin
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Meanings
adjective
  • with opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together.
    E.g. thin slices of bread
  • having little, or too little, flesh or fat on the body.
    E.g. a thin, gawky adolescent
  • having few parts or members relative to the area covered or filled; sparse.
    E.g. a depressingly thin crowd
  • (of a liquid substance) not containing much solid; flowing freely.
    E.g. thin soup
  • lacking substance or quality; weak or inadequate.
    E.g. the evidence is rather thin
adverb
  • with little thickness or depth.
    E.g. cut the ham as thin as possible
verb
  • make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous.
    E.g. the remorseless fire of archers thinned their ranks
  • make or become smaller in thickness.
    E.g. their effect in thinning the ozone layer is probably slowing the global warming trend
  • hit (a ball) above its centre.
-thin
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Meanings
combining form
  • denoting a specified degree of thinness.
    E.g. gossamer-thin

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