thin, slender, slim, slight, tenuous mean not thick, broad, abundant, or dense. thin implies comparatively little extension between surfaces or in diameter, or it may imply lack of substance, richness, or abundance.
THIN definition: 1. having a small distance between two opposite sides: 2. (of the body) with little flesh on the…. Learn more.
- In a thin manner: Spread the varnish thin if you don't want it to wrinkle. 2. So as to be thin: Cut the cheese thin.
v. to make thin or thinner: [~ + object] Thin the gravy by adding more water to it.[no object; (~ + down)] The gravy will thin if you add too much water to it. He wants to thin down before summer. to become lower in number or less:[no object; (~ + out)] The crowd thinned (out) as the rain poured down. thin ly, adv. thin ness, n. [uncountable]
thin (third-person singular simple present thins, present participle thinning, simple past and past participle thinned) (transitive) To make thin or thinner. quotations
THIN definition: having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick. See examples of thin used in a sentence.
A crowd or audience that is thin does not have many people in it. The crowd, which had been thin for the first half of the race, had now grown considerably. Synonyms: meagre, sparse, scanty, poor More Synonyms of thin
Something thin is narrow or not very thick. If you wear thin socks on a cold winter day, your toes might start to feel numb. Thin can describe something that is narrow and slender, like a hair or a thread. It can also describe a layer of something that is not very thick, such as paper.