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English Idioms :: thin
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thin - See: INTO THIN AIR, OUT OF THIN AIR, SIT ON THIN ICE, SPREAD ONESELF TOO THIN, THROUGH THICK AND THIN, WEAR THIN. |
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Traditional English :: thin
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thin - adj., adv., & v. --adj. (thinner, thinnest)
1 having the opposite surfaces close together; of small thickness or diameter.
2 a (of a line) narrow or fine. b (of a script or type etc.) consisting of thin lines.
3 made of thin material (a thin dress).
4 lean; not plump.
5 a not dense or copious (thin hair; a thin haze). b not full or closely packed (a thin audience).
6 of slight consistency (a thin paste).
7 weak; lacking an important ingredient (thin blood; a thin voice).
8 (of an excuse, argument, disguise, etc.) flimsy or transparent. --adv. thinly (cut the bread very thin). --v. (thinned, thinning)
1 tr. & intr. make or become thin or thinner.
2 tr. & intr. (often foll. by out) reduce; make or become less dense or crowded or numerous.
3 tr. (often foll. by out) remove some of a crop of (seedlings, saplings, etc.) or some young fruit from (a vine or tree) to improve the growth of the rest. have a thin time colloq. have a wretched or uncomfortable time. on thin ice see ICE . thin air a state of invisibility or non-existence (vanished into thin air). thin end of the wedge see WEDGE(1) ). thin on the ground see GROUND(1) ). thin on top balding. thin-skinned sensitive to reproach or criticism; easily upset. thinly adv. thinness n. thinnish adj. [OE thynne f. Gmc] |
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Related Words
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Most Often Usage
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thin line between love and hate
thin brick
thin layer chromatography
thin client
thin film coating
thin pizza crust recipe
thin crust pizza
dying to be thin
fiber thin
thin film diamond heat spreader
thin heat pipe
thin heat sink
into thin air
thin lizzy jailbreak
think thin
thin prep
ultra thin ribbon
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