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
Thin describes people, or something that has a short distance through it from one side to the other. Thin is also used of things that are not as thick as you expect.
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.